Things I’d rather do instead of “killing my darlings”
I was a word lumberjack all day, hacking and slashing and cutting down chapters of my dissertation to squeeze my carefully sculpted …
Project Green Thumbs Season 5, winter edition!
Look past that violet and behold, itty bitty beets! As with this Summer’s front-yard gardening adventure, I’ve tucked veggie/herb seeds in my …
National Blog Posting Month on BlogHer: Okay, I’m in
I forgot my blog birthday. Again. I didn’t write about our third anniversary. It took me a month to opine about flying …
A grateful heart: Creative students
Head cold. Repeat root canal. Major case of student plagiarism. To say that last week was rough is an understatement. So on …
A grateful heart: A marriage full of playfulness and joy
In lieu of a sweater picture. “Good night, sweater.” Snerk. “Good night, sweater?” I’d said “Good night, sweetheart,” intending to kiss a …
Fly Girl in Training: On flying completely solo for the first time
Unlike supervised solos (my very first was at Yolo County Airport in July) around the pattern where an instructor watches from the …
A grateful heart: Just another root canal
Positively medieval these root canal instruments. I clapped for the dentist today. No, more specifically, I applauded when the endodontist I was seeing …
To OSH or bust! EAA AirVenture 2013 in photos, part 2
Greetings from the desert! Literally, I’m writing from Phoenix today, and also from that desperately dry patch between big aviation events where …
Thursday 13: End of Summer snapshot
Cheeks puffed out, lips pursed, I grumped at Mr. T. (Yes, “grumped” is a verb in our house.) “One too many biscuits,” …
If I should die tomorrow
I stared at the onion rings as I said it. “Now, don’t read into this,” I began. We’d just gone flying, me …