Category Archives: miscellany

A Most Shareable Column

Fall brings out the melancholy in me (and yet I am also happiest during the fall due to the fine weather, and beauty everywhere I look). Garrison Keillor’s column today touched those same emotions. Read it, won’t you?

Indulging my wonky side

Though I love to spend hours (and hours) looking at letterpress and cute designs from Japan, I also get incredibly wonky at times. (Cue my love for Jon Stewart) This weekend the wonkiness was in abundance: I watched Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Totally depressing (and not so timely, since it was released […]

Fall with a side of summer

This is what it has looked like in our neighborhood for the past few mornings. A foggy and damp start that burns off mid-morning, followed by summerish days. Plenty of stars overnight as well. Not bad. Not bad at all. Welcome, fall! Magazine giveaway update ~ Jennifer: send me an email with your mailing address […]

Thursday = Magazine Day (and Giveaway Winner)

Time is flying by. With both of the “boys” birthdays behind us, the clock now ticks to October which means Halloween and, if you believe Pottery Barn, Christmas. The new/October Pottery Barn catalog arrived yesterday full of wreaths and stockings, and I freaked. Not ready! I haven’t even thought about pumpkins yet! (Let’s face it, […]

Time flies …

My baby is 11 years old today. I hope that his day is extra special (and that he likes his presents!) He has requested Magically Moist Chicken for dinner, which basically is chicken basted in mayo, then dredged in bread crumbs. Will do. I’ve also ordered a birthday apple tart for him, because it looked […]