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Painting Flowers with Helen
I know I’ve used this space to vent about the internet before, but even I have to admit that the internet is not a complete cesspool. If it wasn’t for the internet I wouldn’t have discovered Helen Dardik, an artist… Continue reading
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Hanukkah in March?
In my quest to find a photo to accompany today’s post I typed the word “thermometer” into my photos app search bar thinking possibly at one point I had taken a picture of one. Alas, all it returned was a… Continue reading
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Signs of Spring
We’ve been having some extra warm weather this week, and I’m happy to report that the snow has ALL melted. On Monday we took a walk through a somewhat soggy backyard and saw the creek flowing extra strong thanks to… Continue reading
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If You Are Impatient, Do Not Become a Writer
I feel like I am forever trying to explain to people outside of the publishing industry just how glacially it moves, and I really don’t think they understand it. It probably doesn’t help that Hollywood has filled their heads with… Continue reading
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Pictures or it Didn’t Happen, Unless Maybe (And Hear Me Out Here) It Did
We enjoyed watching the Olympics these past couple of weeks, but while we were watching the women’s ski half pipe competition over the weekend something jarring happened. One of the skiers lost her phone. It flew out of her pocket… Continue reading
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Let the Heat Wave Commence
It’s Tuesday afternoon as I type this, and according to my phone it’s 43 degrees out but feels like 52 degrees. The other day my phone promised me the actual high today would be 52 degrees, as in real degrees,… Continue reading
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Chaos Has Entered the Group Chat
Well, the other day I finally bit the bullet and installed the update my iPhone has been nagging me about it, and almost immediately regretted it. I’m old, and I don’t like change, and apparently someone at Apple thought it… Continue reading
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Cold Starts
It’s been extra cold here lately, and according to the groundhog who made his prediction earlier this week, that’s not expected to change anytime soon. Looking at the weather forecast it certainly feels like we’re stuck in a Groundhog Day… Continue reading
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One (of the many) Reasons Gen Xers Are the Way They Are
Where were you 40 years ago? I was sitting in my fourth grade classroom watching an historic space shuttle launch on television. I can tell you this because like many kids who were in elementary school in January of 1986… Continue reading
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Snow Days
Over the weekend we got not one but two snowstorms. I even made it out to ski around the backyard on Monday. Yes, that little speck above is me. Who knew the trees at the back of the yard were… Continue reading
Creativity and Contentment 