So, wow. It’s been quite an adventure these last weeks. I’ve landed myself a new job, visited Boston to get a taste of that job, found an apartment, returned to Arkansas, had Cookiefest, threw myself a party that people actually came to, had Thanksgiving, had many a poignant goodbye, packed up half of my life with the helpContinueContinue reading “Feelin’ lucky in Boston”
Category Archives: Travel
Being in Boston, Chapter 1
“Oh, I love that dirty water…Boston you’re my home.” No, that’s not me waxing lyrical with a popular sports anthem; that’s what a mom and her two daughters were singing as springer spaniel Molly (more on her later) and I took our evening constitutional through the brownstones of Boston tonight. I haven’t taken many photosContinueContinue reading “Being in Boston, Chapter 1”
Notes from Beantown
Well, I’m in Boston, y’all. About to head home, but I’ve been here for about 5 days. Which is wicked cool, by the way. I’m here exploring a possible job opportunity, and it turns out that I’m also prompting some serious headwork about this whole job hunting thing. There are about a dozen different thoughtsContinueContinue reading “Notes from Beantown”
AWBU recap: Everyone wants to “be gotten”
As we sat around a picnic table in the candle-lit dark, I felt that familiar need to move. I felt my eyes wandering, my fingers itching to gather my purse and politely excuse myself. I wondered if I was an outsider to the conversation swirling among us, and thought that surely they wouldn’t miss meContinueContinue reading “AWBU recap: Everyone wants to “be gotten””
Thoughts on the eve of AWBU
It’s been more than a year since I decided to go hang out with a bunch of bloggers in Mountain View, AR at the Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged Conference. If I’m honest, I was seduced by the free boots from Country Outfitter, but as you can read here and here, it was an interesting andContinueContinue reading “Thoughts on the eve of AWBU”
Everything and a Racehorse 