Searching for Direction & Purpose in Life's Sea of Opportunities
As I have continued with my hiking, I'm loving the changes that I feel in my body. I make the gains in elevation so much easier, and the muscles in my legs feel so strong. I'd really missed being able to appreciate my body for all it could do. Before I started to dance,… Continue reading Strength
Early on in my canning adventures and when my tomato plants were about to provide me a ton of produce all at once, I decided to try making homemade ketchup. It was a fermentation recipe, where after going through the preparation process, it sat out so biology could do its thing. Well, it did, but… Continue reading From Scratch Ketchup
My stream of consciousness mind has led to quite an array of blogs that I now follow. My fabulous garden started me down the road to gardening blogs which led to farming blogs. This city girl now has a couple fabulous resources when seemingly silly agricultural questions come up, such as "What plant is hay… Continue reading More Zombie Goodness
Years ago I learned that if I read a book first and then see the movie, I spent the whole movie thinking, "Well, that's not right" as the director's vision differed from what was in my head. During my freshman year of college, I discovered that if I watch the movie before reading the book,… Continue reading Books and Movies
I love the Bloggess! Her book is on my holiday wish list. Last month she had a hilarious blog post entitled, "Then I had an Accidental Lesbian Encounter at the Movies" in which she described how she unintentionally felt up a woman while trying to open the door in a darkened movie theater. Somehow it… Continue reading Oblivious
My family has participated in Black Friday before Black Friday was cool. I remember waiting in line with my sister with a handful of people for Target and Mervyns to open at 6 am. Mervyns gave out gifts to encourage people to come (Barb still has the penguin snow globe.) Years later I’d convinced my… Continue reading Black Friday
Four years ago today, I underwent knee surgery to repair (okay, actually smooth out) a torn meniscus. Kurt was wonderful (but I promised not to tell anyone, so we'll add that to our list of secrets). He agreed to be my ride and sign a form saying he would stay with me until the anesthesia completely… Continue reading Surgery Remembered
I love YouTube. Not only is it the home of cat videos (!!!!), lately it has enabled me to watch full educational films that used to play in schools in the 1950s and 60s. While there have been a lot of really good ones, Iowa State University's Home Economics Story from 1951 has to be… Continue reading Too Late for Home Ec
Several months ago I threw a temper tantrum: An honest to goodness wailing arms and legs temper tantrum. Of course I couldn't be bothered to get down to the floor, so I did it standing up. Now I'm laughing about it ... and DH2U for saying "I didn't think you were into modern dance." See why I… Continue reading Fussiness: It’s not just for babies
Ever since I read Lucifer's Hammer (which was followed two days later by the Southern California blackout!), the need to have emergency supplies on hand has been at the top of my mind. It led to a not so successful volunteer attempt, but that led to more research and another opportunity. Some of you know… Continue reading I graduated
Grown Up, Now What? 