A little known fact about my mom: she wanted to be a writer. She didn’t talk about it much, especially in the last years of her life, but she once told me she wanted to start a magazine for divorced women. That was more than two decades ago, well before she remarried and welcomed twins into the ... Read More about Confession: I Write Fanfiction
You’ve Got 90 Days
October 1. It’s forecasted to reach 90 degrees in Chapel Hill today, 95 by Friday, but the calendar says it’s October and that it has been fall for a couple of weeks now. Maybe soon I’ll be able to wear the cute new fall clothes I bought from Vici last week, but for now, I’m still in my summer ... Read More about You’ve Got 90 Days
Letting Go of the Monkey Bars
I’ve never been especially adept at the monkey bars. As a kid, I just couldn’t quite get the hang of it. I didn’t have a lot of upper body strength, and I was overweight, not the best combo for crossing the monkey bars. I once celebrated crossing three whole bars before falling off, and proved much ... Read More about Letting Go of the Monkey Bars
How Shonda Rhimes + Yahtzee Put Me In Motion Again
Life has a way of shaking you up to shake you out. Kind of like the dice in a game of Yahtzee - they get dropped into a cup, shaken up, banged around, then tumble out onto the board to create various combinations that the roller can then mark down on their scorecard. I’m going to confess ... Read More about How Shonda Rhimes + Yahtzee Put Me In Motion Again
Like What You Like
I ordered an Old Fashioned on a first date recently. My date gave me an odd sort of look when I told the bartender what I wanted. Old Fashioneds are my go-to drink - I’m a firm believer that everyone should have a go-to drink - and the speakeasy we were at in Chapel Hill has an excellent liquor ... Read More about Like What You Like
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