I was so glad I was able to make it out for my sister Rebecca's graduation last month. Shortly after I booked my plane tickets, many of my friends started questioning my decision to fly instead of drive. It is about 400 miles each way. I did have a blast on my solo cross-country trip, but… Continue reading Drive Versus Fly
Author: tahlia42
Dark and Stormy
I love having the opportunity to publicly share my silly side ... as well as laugh at my own mistakes. Sometimes it is my brain going off on weird tangents. Other times, it is me completely missing the point. This blog post was written in two parts: Part one before I knew the truth, and… Continue reading Dark and Stormy
Earthquake!
Growing up in Southern California, I had an early intro to earthquakes. In school we always had drills, assuming those flimsy desks would protect us - especially since we weren't taught at that time to hold on to the desks the way kids are taught today. Those desks would have simply bounced away from us… Continue reading Earthquake!
Fight or Flight or Freeze
When I first heard that my nephew was walking to school every day, I was excited. This is not an activity kids these days do. I'm so glad that my sister is continuing the custom for at least one more generation. With the exception of when I lived too far away, I always walked to school.… Continue reading Fight or Flight or Freeze
Ideas Strike
Recently I was sitting an a cafe, notepad out and expecting my pen to start moving. With the blank page still staring at me, I realized I was waiting for inspiration to strike. Steven King's quotation popped into my head: Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to… Continue reading Ideas Strike
Lull to Sleep
The other night an old pickup truck was waiting for the light to change right outside my bedroom window. It's engine revved unevenly, with fits and starts interposed into a few seconds of normal idling. I found the unpredictability of the sound to be soothing and soporific (that word was solidified into my vocabulary by… Continue reading Lull to Sleep
Cheesy Adventure
I was on my third leg of back to back to back trips when I contemplated what skill I wanted to learn next. Somehow my beyond tired brain immediately thought back to a recent Mother Earth News issue - I was going to teach myself to make cheese! What initially drew my interest was how easy… Continue reading Cheesy Adventure
Great White North Reads
Years ago I discovered the joys of Canadian Broadcast Corporation radio. I'm not sure how I stumbled across it, but I was hooked! I loved the freshness that came with all their programming. Getting a different perspective on world events reminded me of my BBC days. they had me at hello. In my post about… Continue reading Great White North Reads
Putting My Finger on It
In my previous job, I had a great deal of down time. The owners knew I was good at coming up with projects, and I organized everything and created wonderful systems - which they are still using. Still, there were often blocks of emptiness. When I was dancing, I would fill the time by updating… Continue reading Putting My Finger on It
What’s in an Age?
Recently I was at a restaurant that had tablets at each table with games to play. The game that was most captivating to us had a series of questions where you had to pick one of two options. Some of them were benign - gold or silver? Others were more thought provoking - Would you… Continue reading What’s in an Age?
Grown Up, Now What? 