Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
IT WAS SO BAD. The story is, all-American girl Susanna meets some prince—but of course doesn’t know he’s a prince—and he may or may not like her. It doesn’t matter, because he goes back to Made Up Land, where he can’t marry her because she wasn’t born there. He tells her this days after they…
There were presents! So I hadn’t seen my buddy Sarah in over a year, since we left Japan. She and her husband are on their way over for dinner when she TEXTS ME she’s having a baby. BOOM! That was months ago. This weekend, friends from near and far gathered at my house to delight…
Hey little guy! Goal setting is so important. Looking at who you are, where you are in life now, where you want to be in the future, and planning out a hopeful route to get there is something I try to do around my birthday and New Years. It’s also neat and tidy to organize…
We’re related! Galveston, Texas — July 2013 We’re back! After a week and a half in Texas, it’s nice to be in our own beds. I hadn’t seen my brothers since Christmas 2011…!? That is way too long. It was great to see them at our Galveston family reunion, and we got to see Chris’…
Reviewing books always ranked high on my list of dream jobs. At one newspaper I used to work for, the page layout girl and I discovered all sorts of publishing companies would send free books and sometimes stationery for us to review. “But y’all have to actually review them,” said the editor. “Right,” I said. …
Will someone please help me photoshop my kid under that mushroom?? Months of rain have turned our flowerbeds into an enchanted mushroom forest, apparently. This one is growing at the foot of the jasmine. I found this magic elf enjoying all the rain
This post is a serious downer. Feel free to stop reading and divert here. Two deeply troubling incidents from recent current events are linked with personal circumstances that I think about every day. I guess it’s really just the classic “Where were you when you heard?” question. The first is the big news from last…
