Briefly | Last weekend I was in the Twin Cities doing some volunteering and didn’t have it in me to put a post together. This week has been pretty normal, but it felt like I was working a ton (a couple evening meetings coupled with a couple earlier-than-normal mornings will do that). Eating and Drinking | Cranberry orange [...]
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Briefly | After a weekend traveling and a weekend that was busy, I’m so happy for a weekend entirely at home. The boyfriend and I got caught up on errands yesterday, so I think today will be all about cooking, chores and football. I slept in today, but thanks to Daylight Savings Time I still have a [...]
Briefly | I spent most of this weekend on campus for the Prairie Gate Literary Festival, a small event I’ve helped plan for the last couple of years. Our authors this year were Emma Bull (science fiction/fantasy), John Hildebrand (creative nonfiction), Vandana Khanna (poetry), Eric Smith (young adult) and Ebba Segerberg (translator). I got to serve [...]
Time and Place | About 8:30 a.m., snuggled up in bed in the spare room at my parent’s house. The boyfriend’s parents came in from Wisconsin so we’re meeting up in the (approximate) middle to visit. Eating and Drinking | Nothing yet, but we’re heading out to an awesome brunch buffet later this morning. You can make [...]
Briefly | It’s been the laziest of lazy weekend. I feel a little bad about the fact that I spent the entire afternoon finishing up season six of The Good Wife on Amazon Prime… but sometimes that’s what you need. Eating and Drinking | What I would really love today is a Bloody Mary, but I don’t think [...]
Briefly | I didn’t get a chance to update last Sunday because I was in the Twin Cities for the weekend and we had a busy day — breakfast at a fancy donut shop, the Half Price Books Fall Clearance Sale (more on that later this week), a visit to my grandma at her new nursing home, [...]
Briefly | Getting back into the swing of real life has been… rough. Since everything got put on hold while I was gone, every project feels like pushing a boulder from sitting still, no momentum. But I’m trying to be gentle with myself, working under the assumption that life will get moving again shortly. Drinking | Fall tea [...]
Briefly | I AM LEAVING ON VACATION TODAY! Have I mentioned this trip before? Ha! Anyway, my sister and I are leaving tonight for a three week trip that will take us to England and Greece. It feels totally surreal, but I could not be more excited. Those photos all look a little depressing, but [...]
Briefly | One week until we leave for London! There’s more going on than that, but that’s about all I can focus on right now. Time and Place | 8:15ish on my couch, thinking about breakfast and getting on with my day — I have to head up to our county fair this morning to take photos [...]
Time and Place | It’s just about 8:30 a.m. and I’m sitting in my favorite chair, windows open so I can hear the rain outside. It’s supposed to be by storming on and off most of the day, which I’m taking as an excuse to just stay inside. Eating and Drinking | Basic black tea and a [...]
