All spring, I’ve wandered around with dry, calloused heels. I thought it was about time for professional attention, so I bopped over to my favorite day spa. I say day spa loosely, since it’s really just a Vietnamese nail salon that happens to have daytime hours. But I’ll take it, and I sit down to […]
[Continue reading...]What makes up a life?
May 3, 2012 By
I’ve heard it at least a hundred times. Whether it is coming from a contestant on a reality show, an artist I’ve known, a musician I’ve sung with, or a fellow mom in book club – it’s always the same. This is what I love. This is what I was meant to do. This is […]
[Continue reading...]Odd and Curious Thoughts of the Week
April 30, 2012 By
Recipes are helpful. Like telling me to use large eggs when making a Bundt cake. I was just about to grab those tiny little quail eggs that I keep in my refrigerator when I had the forethought to double check. Large eggs. Wheh. That was a close one. I abhor having to type in those […]
[Continue reading...]A decade of milestones
April 25, 2012 By
Yesterday was my ten-year cancer anniversary. Those who have been in my shoes understand that it’s a day of reflection. A day where you review all the milestones that have occurred in the last decade and wonder what will happen next. A few to mention: (1) I was on national television. (2) I got to […]
[Continue reading...]Victory or Death
April 23, 2012 By
There is a subdivision near my daughter’s school called ”Travis Country.” We pass by the limestone sign every day, surrounded by verbenas and turk’s caps, shining brightly in the sun. “Who’s Travis?” she asked one morning. “And why did they name this place after him?” Despite my various inadequacies, I felt relatively comfortable explaining who […]
[Continue reading...]Pioneer daydreams
April 20, 2012 By
I often daydream that someone from the pioneer days transported through time and landing in our modern culture. One random Tuesday, they were strapped to the plow, or making hotcakes, or shucking peas, and the very next minute they are sitting in the front seat of my Chevrolet Tahoe, next to gum wrappers and sippy […]
[Continue reading...]Infinity, plus one
April 19, 2012 By
“I sure love your daddy,” I said to my daughter once as we were walking hand-in-hand though the grocery store parking lot. Sometimes I do that – say things I’ m thinking out loud. It often gets me in trouble, like when I’m judgmental or harsh or wish someone would move the freak over in […]
[Continue reading...]Living your best life
April 17, 2012 By
I am the last one who should ever judge society for its celebrity-obsessed culture. For only reading at a fifth-grade level. For listening to mind-numbing pop music and watching sitcoms about grown men acting like children. After all, our generation is moving at such a mind-numbing pace with all that facebooking and making pinterest cupcakes […]
[Continue reading...]Odd and Curious Thoughts of the Week
April 15, 2012 By
This is a new series I thought would be fun. At random times, I will share odd and curious things that entered my mind over the course of the last week. They have no rhyme or reason to them, except to prove that I am actually, quite a bit, more-times-than-not, maybe-a-teeny-bit insane. Today, I saw […]
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