My friend W told me yesterday that the children of another friend are spending a few weeks at their grandparents’ farm in upstate New York. They visit every year in the summer and, from all reports, have the time of their lives.
Their mother delivers them to the farm and spends a few days there, then […]
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What is Blog Nosh Magazine? It’s a buzz-worthy new ezine that features the best archived posts that may have fallen off the front page of your blogs, but that you would love for the world to get another chance to see.
Blog Nosh’s channel editors look for the best archived posts to feature on one of […]
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The migraine has gone off, whimpering, into its corner, where I hope it will stay for ages and ages. Thanks for all the nice words and feel-betters yesterday!
I know at least one other Arizona blogger has mentioned how hot it is here (I’m thinking of Ann at Velvet Lava. Be sure to go read […]
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My heart goes out to people who suffer from migraine with any regularity. I only get one about once every month or two.
Today, you would have found me laid out with a washcloth over my eyes, only moving when I had to, and with two children buzzing around me like bees. Except louder. And more […]
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This day, June 29, is an anniversary of sorts, but not one that I celebrate.
I’ve told the story of what happened on this day almost 30 years ago. Every year after, Sue made a point of mentioning or celebrating the date, or I’m sure I would never have remembered it on my own. I don’t […]
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You can’t tell me this wouldn’t be fun. And I’m no fan of heights.
(Is she wearing flip-flops?)
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This time of year, our sky here in Arizona can look like this:
It’s monsoon season, and that’s a dust storm (also called a haboob–say it out loud, you know you want to). Until you see one, it’s impossible to imagine what a wall of dust hundreds of feet high looks like. Spectacular, and dangerous. We […]
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It’s official. I’m an old lady.
Last night around 11, I found Mr. H asleep on the sofa, covered with the heavy afghan I knitted for him years ago (that afghan pretty much guarantees a nap–I’ve yet to meet anyone who could fight sleep under its weight).
It was late, but I wasn’t quite ready to go […]
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It’s a hell of a thing to have to break your children’s hearts.
After long hours at our veterinary clinic and then at the emergency animal hospital yesterday, we discovered that our dog, Buddy, had advanced lymphoma. Any treatment we could have offered him at that stage would only have prolonged his life for maybe a […]
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For almost two hours I sat in a big cushy chair at Starbucks with a book, The Outlander, open on my lap. From my spot, I could watch everyone who came in or walked out. I listened to the impossibly long orders for coffee, or something like coffee. I did fly through quite a […]
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