Saying Yes and being brave

I don’t often give many details about my job on here, for two reasons: 1. it’s probably boring to read about 2. people get fired for things they write about work on their blogs But today is going to be an exception, although I’m making the post neighborhood only. I’ve been at my current company… Continue reading Saying Yes and being brave

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway I’ll admit something right now: I had been resisting reading anything by Ernest Hemingway for a long time. I’ll also admit that I don’t know really remember why. I suppose I considered myself more of an F. Scott Fitzgerald girl. I also suppose that Hemingway’s subjects didn’t entice me very… Continue reading A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month in the US. I’ve been trying to read more poetry in general anyway, and this month my goal is to read a poem every day. There are a few sites I know of that offer a free poem per day, via email: One is The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor,… Continue reading National Poetry Month

Spring Cleaning

One of my best friends, Emma, is coming to visit next week. I’m very excited, we have all sorts of spectacular plans made: bookstores to visit, places to go, bookish events to attend, movies to watch in the evenings, and food to eat. This also means that I need to clean the guest bedroom. The… Continue reading Spring Cleaning

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Making Pound Cake When I run on the treadmill at the gym, I like to watch movies on my iPhone. I’m out of digital copies of my movies for now, so I’ve been watching Martha Stewart’s free video podcasts from iTunes. Sometimes they are about cleaning, gardening, or crafts, but mostly they’re about cooking and… Continue reading Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Cozy Reading Spot

I was very sad a month or two ago to hear that Domino Magazine was folding. It was a great magazine, and very fun to browse. Their website had a feature called “my deco files” where you could save images from their website into your own personal design inspiration catalog on their site. One of… Continue reading Cozy Reading Spot