Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
My running events this year are focused more on being a running companion to other friends trying to restart or maintain their own running goals and I since I know how much I appreciated all the help that Renee and Eve gave me in my first year or two, I thought it would be fun... Continue Reading →
Yes, I heard about the U.S. Tour. Yes, I will move many rocks & mountains to get my hands on tickets. Yes, I love how this video blends a tribute to Freddy and bookends it with Adam's prior performances with the band.
First, a quick link to a great resource at least here locally on the topic: Safe Seniors - and then an exceedingly rare up front plea: - PLEASE SHARE THIS! The more people who are aware, the better chance we have to prevent these scammers from succeeding. A quick excerpt from that link that will tie... Continue Reading →
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride - (Amazon link here) I love the way one Goodreads reviewer stated it "If Mark Twain and Mel Brooks had ever collaborated, they would have invented a comic character like (the narrator)." That is SUCH a fantastic way to characterize this! The narrator is Henry(Etta) Shackleford who is... Continue Reading →
Courtesy of Sam The Cooking Guy - see the video here and grab the full sized recipe card. I made this yesterday and since I had to throw it together so fast before leaving for work, I didn't take pictures, BUT, I can tell you it ended up looking exactly like what he shows at... Continue Reading →
Don't you wish there was a scratch & sniff computer app? That jasmine is so wonderful. Yes, that's the same plant that I had to chop down to nearly nothing before the fence was put in late in 2011. There were a few small branches of blooms last year, but this year, I think... Continue Reading →
But first: Saturday there was a quite the tense rugby match. Alex never got on the field, and he did not care. They won 13-9 against a team from Long Beach who had won at this level the last 2 years. The starters played nearly all 70 minutes, and it showed. Both teams were so... Continue Reading →
I've wanted for years to join a book club. I love to read, but sort of like running I wont necessarily find the time to do it unless I have a race as a goal...or, in this case, a book club assignment! The last time I really read a lot of books was in 2010... Continue Reading →
We interrupt this writing hiatus* to post the races that I've settled on for this year. The first one is coming up in a few weeks and was on my radar last year because it's totally local, largely flat and involves tons of music: I've been back out on the trails on Sundays the last... Continue Reading →
Seriously, wasn't it supposed to get easier once football season and the holidays and the race were all over? Sure, but then I forgot about it being a new year and so there's preparing for taxes, and that rugby thing 17 decided to try out and then that whole college admission thing and oh maybe... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 