I have new to me bedding. I got a duvet my daughter no longer wants to use. I found a cover for it at IKEA for $8.00. The new sheets were on clearance at Target and the pillows were a gift from my stepmother. I have no idea why she decided we all needed new …
I have been binge watching 12 seasons of Bones. Bones is a detective show that was on FOX and is now on Hulu. I never intended to do this. Intellectually, I know this is a colossal waste of time. Yet, I watch on. It started when I was sick – too sick to read, too sick to think. …
On a Friday I made a list of things I needed to do over the weekend. It just kept getting longer and longer. It felt daunting. Thanks to COVID-19 I didn’t have many social activities. I had the time but not the desire. And certainly not the energy. After a full week of teaching in …
It’s cool enough now that I don’t mind turning on the oven. I live in the upper Midwest. The leaves are beginning to change – I had to wear socks last week. On the plus side of colder weather are pumpkin cold brews, fuzzy sweaters and fall baking. I’m not a huge baker. I prefer savory over …
For me, food is a big part of every season. In the Fall I want all the apple stuff – caramel apples, apple crisp, apple pie. Then comes the pumpkin stuff – pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cheesecake. In the Winter I love all the Christmas stuff and then January soup and comfort foods. …
There were a couple of things to do on my To-Do list. I wanted to write an essay on boosting creativity. I also needed to clean the bathroom. I’m one of those writers who loves having written, but I struggle with the idea of actually sitting down and making it happen. So, guess which option I chose? Yep – …
“This is life advice, not a fortune,” said my daughter with disgust. We were at a Chinese Buffet. It was all delicious. At the end of our meal our waiter brought us our bill and 3 fortune cookies. Her fortune said, “To love and be loved is like feeling the sun from both sides.” My …
Finding time to be and feel creative can be tricky. There are so many things to do in a day. Kids, relationships, family, home maintenance, meals. It’s hard to fit it all in. And usually feeling creative gets shoved to the back behind all the other things. But when we allow that to happen, we …
The Coronavirus is playing with my mind. I woke up in the middle of the night. I felt warm and woozy and icky. I knew I was sick. I imagined how I was going to get through this. Was my daughter going to have to take care of me? My husband went to bed not …
My kids are done being little. That fact kind of snuck up on me. I spent a lot of time working with kids in my home, so little people were still around. But, no more. I leave the house and go to work. I return home to my house where my daughter is 15 and …