Thursday 13: A delightful December snapshot
It’s Christmas eve eve eve and I keep wondering what happened to December. Or 2011 for that matter. With wrapping yet to …
Thursday 13: Confessions, volume IV, Thanksgiving edition
I know it’s customary to talk about blessings on Thanksgiving. In fact, I did it last year for Thursday 13 (see here), and the thing …
For pete’s sake, be considerate. Shawna’s guide to airport/airplane etiquette
Grumpy girl. When I got done taking self- portraits and 7,000 cloud shots, I read SkyMall. I really want the camera/recorder “spy …
Thursday 13: Flying machines
Every time Mr. T flies, he updates a pilot log book with details of his flights–aircraft type, date, destination, duration, passengers, etc. …
Thursday 13: Favorite places
Today I’ve been grilled, screened, scanned, patted, shuttled and scuttled. I know without a doubt: The airport is not my favorite place …
Thursday 13: Confessions, volume III
Yesterday I discovered there are seven weeks until December 1. SEVEN. Which means 9-ish weeks until Christmas. To distract myself from that …
A Grateful Heart: It’s them little things that count
Despite the fact that I woke up at 4 a.m. to catch a 6 a.m. flight today, I’m feeling quite chipper. And …
New Year’s Resolutions: A fourth quarter assessment
So what if I keep my goals in an Excel spreadsheet! Photo credit. It’s the 281st day of the year and as …
Thursday 13: Celebrating the end of comps writing
Words, thousands and thousands of words… In the last week, I’ve read, contemplated, written, erased, re-written, regretted and submitted a zillion words …
Thursday 13: Summer 2011 photo snapshot
The other day I was out in my garden, watering this, trimming that, swearing at the incessant worms that are still decimating …