A year ago, my wonderful husband gave me a Fitbit, which, according to its website is a device that helps you “stay motivated and improve your health by tracking your activity, exercise, food, weight and sleep.” I loved it. I loved the little blinking lights on the band that measured my steps every day. I […]
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Right before Christmas, I got this in the mail. “Dear Citizen,” it read. “By the order of the Honorable President Judge, you are hereby summoned to appear for jury service in the Court of Common Pleas.” This was my reaction: YAY! A lot of people might think that’s a weird response, because almost everyone […]
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I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions for the same reason I don’t believe in low-carb diets. They are both impossible to maintain. I can’t trick myself into better habits or behavior by resolving to do less or more of something every January 1st. By Groundhog Day, I’m ready to revert back to my usual […]
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My mother is an expert gift-wrapper. She has a long history of folding and taping the corners of a box so tight you can barely find a corner unfortified enough to slit open with a pair of scissors to unwrap it. For many of my childhood years, my mother also made her own bows. She […]
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We’re back… safe, sound and grateful for every minute of our Southern Caribbean cruise aboard the beautiful Celebrity Equinox. For 11 days, I woke up every morning in a state of eager excitement because I knew every day was going to be a fabulous adventure. In Grand Cayman, my husband and I snorkeled at 7 […]
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If all has gone well in the last week and a half, and my husband and I didn’t miss a flight, miss the ship, or otherwise decide to snorkel, drink Caribe beer, or eat rumcake for longer than we intended, then we are still cruising the Caribbean today! In a few days, we’ll be back […]
Keep reading >>As I write this, I am sitting inside a warm car, zipping down the highway at 70 mph on my way to visit family for Thanksgiving. (Don’t worry, my husband is driving.) It’s 38 degrees outside, cloudy, and my toes are cold from taking Sparky for a walk at a rest stop. As you read […]
Keep reading >>Not because my life has always been easy, but because it has sometimes been hard. Not because I always get my way, but because I often don’t. Not because I have everything I want, but because I don’t need everything. Not because I have no fear, but because some things should frighten me. Not because […]
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If you can barely navigate 2 minutes in Facebook before succumbing to the temptation of taking a ridiculous, tantalizing quiz that promises to reveal what cheese you are (Gouda), what children’s book character you are (Curious George), and what state you should really live in (West Virginia? What?!) then you, like me, are BUZZ FED. […]
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Yesterday, as I ran through the woods, I thought of Bill Watterson’s precocious and uproariously funny 6-year old cartoon philosopher, Calvin, who once said to Hobbes, “That’s the problem with nature, something’s always stinging you or oozing mucous all over you. Let’s go and watch TV.” I run, hike, bike and love The Great Outdoors, so […]
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