A Handful of Dreams

Apparently pushing cars is just what I do. I was on my way home from getting my hair cut on Saturday (it looks fabulous, btw, thanks so much for asking. I’ll post pics at some point). As I pulled up to an intersection near our house, it quickly became clear that 1) traffic in one [...]

Our Plea Brandy is a brilliant writer, a wonderful teacher, and a generous friend.  And she is in love with a man who has just been diagnosed with multiple myeloma. We are raising money for the Multiple Myeloma Research Fund in his name.  For the price of a cinnamon dolce latte, half-caf, hold the whip, [...]

I spend far too much time taking public transportation and helping PhDs with A/V equipment . As a result, my faith in humanity is not always exactly sky high. Throw in the occasional bike commute and it becomes downright remarkable that I haven’t forced Kristian to move with me to a compound in Wyoming. It’s [...]

Once again, I’ve signed up for the Komen Race for the Cure. Yes, I have patellar tendinitis and I’m only running about a mile at a time. But my physical therapist cleared me to start running more. So, I should be able to run a 5k by September. I think. It’s called optimism and apparently [...]

Happy Earth Day everyone! It’s heartening to think that the green movement has really taken off… and scary to think about how many things need to really and truly change. We’ve made a few changes ourselves around here. We’ve done the basics. Replaced as many bulbs as possible with CFLs. I take the bus to [...]