If I’ve managed to stay sane during this “transition” in my life (and that’s a big IF, more on that later), I owe a lot of it to Radiolab. Radiolab, for the uninitiated among you, is a program on NPR, and according to their website, is “a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, andContinue reading “Space, Quicksand, Road Trips and Girl Power”
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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 meContinue 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 andContinue reading “Thoughts on the eve of AWBU”
Greetings from DC!
I guess I should say greetings from Reston, VA, since I actually haven’t been to DC yet this trip, and won’t until tomorrow. I think that’s a big discovery on this little fun/fact-finding mission; this is a big area, and a lot of people who live in the outlying areas don’t really go into theContinue reading “Greetings from DC!”
Love thyself…but lose weight
Recently, someone I love very much remarked that I shouldn’t wear my new striped sweater because I’d gained weight. I’d like to blame my teary and pissed off reaction on “that time of the month”, but the truth is that that time has passed and thinking about it still makes me emotional. A couple ofContinue reading “Love thyself…but lose weight”
Everything and a Racehorse 