As I turned a corner in the grocery store, I saw a gentleman standing beside a table of wines. In the second it took for me to register what was happening, he asked, “Would you like to try some wine?” Oh – that’s right, I thought, I now live in a state that sells wine in…
Month: August 2012
Some Things Never Change. Need proof? Read your tenth-grade diary.
When my friend Carolyn first told me about Mortified I was intrigued – and just a wee bit appalled. Basically, people go back and find things they wrote when they were kids – stories, diaries, letters, song lyrics – and read them on stage to a group of strangers. It sounded like some odd new…
Weddings – Thankfully, Not My Own
I’m not one of those girls who has always imagined what my wedding day would be like. In fact, I haven’t thought much about it at all. But I’ve been present for the stress and cost of plenty of weddings – so much so that I’ve told my mother for years that my wedding will…
The Joy of Blogging: Grandma and the Camino
Before my parents took off for the weekend, they asked if I could do them a favor and drop something off at my grandmother’s house. I agreed – not just to maintain my #1 Daughter status, but also because I was moving in less than a week and visiting Grandma was something I needed to…
A Return to….what?
Since arriving home from the Camino I have attempted to write new posts for this blog with very little luck. I have at least six started that I never finished – they just didn’t seem to express what I wanted to convey. Probably because I don’t really know what I want to convey. Because really,…
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