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I’m a writer, not a pronouncer-er.
In my last post, I shared a list of outstanding blog topic ideas and asked y’all to vote on the ones that interested you the most. All of them had been taking up precious digital real estate without ever seeing the light of day. I promised the top three would get their own posts and
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The driveway is my canvas.
After our recent snowstorm, Tara mentioned how artistic our driveway looked. I glanced outside and laughed. It does sort of resemble a work of modern art! Totally my doing, by the way. I’ve always been a backer-inner, so when I come home, I pull into the driveway, swing my car toward the detached garage, then
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The constant parade.
Wednesday, it finally happened: I got my coveted window seat at CheeseGov. On a day it was snowing, no less! I immediately texted the news to Tara, and even boasted of my good fortune via an Instagram story. But my excitement didn’t last long. A constant parade of people walking by would stop by my
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The beetle burned without us.
I can count on one finger the number of times I haven’t had to work on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (well, two now), so today feels special. It also feels cold. Holy crap is it cold. The temperature has barely risen above zero in 36 hours, so suffice it to say, we are celebrating
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Sneezy, grumpy, and dopey.
One recent Saturday, Tara wandered into the living room while I was relaxing in my recliner, cats on my lap, sipping coffee and thumbing through a magazine. She put a hand beneath her chin and stared at the wall, brow furrowed. This was the moment I knew my perfectly chill morning was about to get
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