I seem to be on some sort of Norah Jones kick these days. I may or may not be spending way too much time on Pandora lately. Some artists have food voices. Norah is one. Her voice is a peach. A fresh, ripe peach. Right off the tree, on a hot shimmery afternoon in August.Continue Reading

Sunday is my baking day. Not my only baking day, you understand, but my favorite one by far. I get home from church, kick off my shoes, and don the cute plaid apron. Wha-BAM! The flour starts flying. But, you know… in a peaceful, Sunday sort of way. Sunday afternoons are just about the loveliestContinue Reading

I think it’s good to be reminded now and then that I’m alive. Not only alive, but vulnerable. Remember that one part about life where none of us are invincible? Last night I visited a dear elderly friend in the hospital. He’s always been the active, outdoorsy type, and he recently broke his neck inContinue Reading

The longer you stick around here, the more you’ll realize that I have a rather abnormal, year-round love affair with the holiday season. Meaning, I go nutty for all that lies between October 1st and January 1st. It doesn’t bother me in the slightest to see Halloween candy in the grocery store in August, orContinue Reading

I think people underestimate the value of a good cry. I’m not just talking about crying in general – I’m talking about the hard-core, tear-jerking-movie-induced, that’s-what-I-get-for-investing-myself-emotionally-in-the-characters kind of cry. The kind where you give up trying to keep the tears inside the brim of your eyelids, and you stop trying to invent discreet ways toContinue Reading

I’m still in the process of getting settled in here. You probably noticed the wacky reposting on Google Reader after I imported all my posts from Blogger. And you’ll notice some funny formatting and font issues with several of the posts that I imported from Blogger. I’m not sure why it decided to do that,Continue Reading