My kitchen smelled like memories this past weekend. Apple kugel, cinnamon-raisin french toast drowning in maple syrup, roasted butternut squash, honey bbq chicken tenders. It’s amazing, how much smells can bring back memories of my parents’ and my grandparents’ kitchens, and it’s times like this that I wish I had kids to pass these smells …
Monthly Archives: September 2013
(writing) An update, only a little late
Posted on September 27, 2013
This week has not been good to most of my life, I’ll be honest. I’m in the last week before my Remicade treatment, the weather is playing havoc with my allergies, and it seems like every one around me is sick at work. The upshot? A migraine. Yeah, a migraine. But despite that, I’m …
(health/personal) Not letting the stress get the better of me
Posted on September 23, 2013
Part of the reason I write this page every week is to remind myself of what I’m trying to do. Yeah, I know, Yoda said to either do, or do not – there is no try, but honestly, I’m human, not a Jedi Master, and I have to try. Because more often than not lately, …
(writing) Not only an update, but musings
Posted on September 20, 2013
I’m still writing. As of today, I’ll have written for 138 days in a row. I haven’t missed a day, not even through Harper’s Retreat, or the ick that I was sick with, or anything else. I still wrote, even if it was only 250 words I still wrote. I showed up to the …
(book review) Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman
Posted on September 18, 2013
No, it’s not my reaction to last night’s Red Sox – Orioles game (although boo to Baltimore! How do you keep winning against us???) Baltimore Blues is the first book in the Tess Monaghan Mysteries series by Laura Lippman, and I am very, very thankful that my mother introduced me to this unlikely …
(health/food/personal) A new week, and more food!
Posted on September 16, 2013
Happy Monday, folks! I think I’ve FINALLY got this cold on the run – I actually took Saturday off and RESTED. Well, I wrote, but I could do that from the couch. Sunday I felt so much better! Ate real food, did chores, and wrote. This is going to be a good food week. …
(friday flash) The Storm
Posted on September 13, 2013
The air writhed, drenched in rain and split into jagged pieces by sharp flashes of lightning. Howling winds tore at the branches, pulling leaves from the trees like a spoiled child bent on destroying anything it could get its hands on. Ozone coated her tongue as she tasted the storm, and she smiled. She …
(health/personal) Back from vacation!
Posted on September 9, 2013
Yep, I was on vacation for the past week, which is why I didn’t post. I was actually planning on posting, but after Harper’s Retreat, I got sick. I think it was a combination of stress (running an event, even a successful one, is stressful) and the fact that allergies are killing me, and poor …