Seeing an old room in a new way Ever since quarantine started, I’ve been using our home’s guest bedroom as my home office. I wedged my desk up against the window with a view, and the rest of the room was the queen-sized guest bed. I made it work, but it wasn’t great. Then my […]
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Painting in Plague Times with a Virtual Paint Party
How it all got started: This isn’t my first (or last) hobby. But like the rest, they all start with nearly the same intent: seems like fun, will give it a try. It was the Summer of 2020 and my work team wanted to do an event together–yet remotely for social-distancing reasons. My leader arranged […]
How my kid’s Kindergarten teacher changed my life (aka learning the Growth Mindset)
It was Fall of 2017, and it was time for my eldest child to go to Kindergarten. A big step for both of us, and I was fixing to do as much “right” as I could when it came to my kids schooling–short of joining the PTA because Type A Amber would end up going […]
Storing geraniums over winter
There is something pretty special about keeping a plant alive for more than a season. Don’t get me wrong: I love the freedom of picking annuals each year knowing they will die. But some plants are worth caring for long term, maybe because you are trying to save money (for other plants, right?). Maybe because […]
Hot Sauce – Punishing your taste buds, spicing up your life
There’s a lot of ways folks make themselves feel more ALIVE. Maybe it’s something incredibly painful, like training for a marathon. Or maybe it’s something risky,
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