JGB – Page 58 – Everything and a Racehorse

Dog’s Night Out

You know how first birthday parties are really for parents? Well, dog parties are the same. I attended a fundraiser for the Humane Society of the Ozarks last night at Dog Party USA, a fabulous (and highly recommended) doggie day care facility. Though it was supposedly an event for the dogs, it was mostly forContinueContinue reading “Dog’s Night Out”

Missing home, thanks to the Hudson River School

It’s safe to say that I’ve been working pretty hard at falling in love with my adopted hometown here in the Ozarks recently. I’ve been hiking all over, exploring some really beautiful areas, visiting cool places like the Ozark Folk Center and spending time with my super-cool Arkansan friends. And of course, I see allContinueContinue reading “Missing home, thanks to the Hudson River School”

Storytelling in the Ozarks

It’s a familiar feeling for me. I’m in a store, chatting amiably about nothing much with the checkout clerk. And then I feel it. That antsy, gotta get-away-feeling. That sense of “ok, I don’t have anything else to say, can I leave now?” Maybe it’s my Yankee upbringing. Maybe I’m impatient, or even a littleContinueContinue reading “Storytelling in the Ozarks”

A blogging conference that wasn’t really about blogging

CAUTION: Introspection ahead. Now then, before the incredible ladies who put together the Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged (AWBU) conference get too upset, let me clarify. This most certainly was a conference about blogging. There were sessions on blogging and dozens of bloggers hanging out talking non-stop about blogging (among other things). Heck, even the servers atContinueContinue reading “A blogging conference that wasn’t really about blogging”

I should be walking the dog..

Oh lord. I have been the queen of procrastination tonight. I have piles of work to do. My dog is about to expire; she wants to go for a walk. right. now. Now, dammit! But I’ve found myself, instead, zipping around the interwebs, with about 10 tabs open in my browser, surfing Pinterest, facebook, twitterContinueContinue reading “I should be walking the dog..”