I thought about so many things I could write about today (Thursday is my day in the barrel to write thoughtfully about topics that will hopefully interest you, dear readers) – there was a kernel of an idea about the state of the weeds in my garden that are the bane of my current existence,…
Category: Legacy Musings – CC
Earlier essays and updates from our pre-remodel era—kept here for longtime readers.
Cake By The Ocean
I’ve spent way too much time on this. I hear a catchy song, it sets a tiny hook in my brain – I don’t even know the lyrics, just that I pick up a line of chorus and it becomes my earworm for the foreseeable future. Then I saw it performed on The Voice this…
Would You Hit It?
Once upon a time (*snort* you see what I did there?), this is what the covers of romance novels looked like. To be honest, many still do. And then there’s Fabio. Fabio Lanzoni, who’s ripped many a bodice, made a career out of posing for romance novel covers. …
Chicken
Where do you think it came from? Calling a coward, “chicken”. I’ve never seen a cowardly hen or rooster. Have you? On Tuesday, I faced a hurdle – a tough one, I’ll admit – and didn’t make it over. I journaled about it and titled it, “Chicken”. I’m told I am judging myself wrongly. It…
If We Only Knew What Goes On
Young Fergus and I have been going to Obedience School for the past five weeks. Next week is graduation, so we have some practicing to do. The main thing I’m learning about how to train my puppy is grasping how he thinks and what motivates him. Short answer: treats, treats and more treats. Especially ham….
Sometimes you get the bear…
… and sometimes the bear gets you, as the saying goes. This is usually metaphorical, and intended to show that occasionally you’re lucky and, often, you are not. In my case, it’s also literal. One of the guys I gave permission to hunt* on my land during deer season last year photographed a female black…
Let’s DO This!
Around here we are foodies, and we, occasionally, have a cocktail. http://media3.giphy.com/media/aijty3bkVmxR6/giphy.gif We also like to share some of our better ideas with you. Here are a couple of mine as I’m getting ready to head into a fun and exciting weekend. Some of you know that I have Celiac disease and cannot have any…
The Fragile Delight of Spring
Spring is springing and with it comes a flood of endorphins as I remember one of the most blissful times of my life. The days leading up to my wedding. Days when all the possibilities of love and its impact on the future seemed limitless. I love Spring. It was the perfect season in…
Retreating
It’s a really popular topic on writers’ blogs lately – writing retreats. Well, let me tell you, KR Brorman, SA Young and I have been doing this for, oh, I don’t know, four(?) years. Five? Something like that. I recently read some suggestions about how to hold a successful writers’ retreat and I said to…
Fitbit So OWES Me
I’m old enough to remember when the family telephone didn’t even have a rotary dial on it, we were on a party line and had to wait our turn to tell an operator (who knew everyone personally) what number, person or business to connect us to. Now my life, like everyone else’s is dependent on…