A Handful of Dreams

I just blew my accumulated Amazon gift certificates on a present for… myself. So much for using my credit card points to buy presents for other people. In my defense, it’s one of those little GPS “watches” that lets you keep track of your miles/heart-rate/etc. So it’s not a present present. More like a training [...]

If you had asked me, last year, if today I was going to run all the way to Malden Center and back… with a dog (my own dog)… while happily listening to a workout playlist that included Miley Cyrus… I would have looked at you like you were a crazy person. And then taken a [...]

My sister took some pictures of Ruby’s quilt for me. Here they are! The blue quilt underneath it is a wedding quilt that my Grandmother made for her. I’m incredibly happy with the way that this quilt came out. I know I always say that my most recent one is my favorite one/best one yet… [...]

Happy black friday, everyone! We’ve gone nowhere near a mall, outlet or big box store today. The closest we got was a failed attempt to buy some apples at a farm stand. Mostly, we’ve been hanging out and watching movies. This has been a bit of a conflict, however. My Dad? Likes to watch movies [...]

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I’m thankful that there’s only three of us for Thanksgiving… because nobody minds that we’re eating dinner about three hours late. Apparently you have to defrost turkeys before you cook them. Whoops! Here’s hoping that you and yours have a wonderful day.