If you have eyes you can see that I read a lot of comic books this month. Lucky for you, I’ll group those all together since they’re part of one series. FINISHED: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki One of the stranger and more metaphysical books that I’ve read in recent years. […]
Month: October 2017
Event – Virginia State Fair
State fairs feel like such uniquely AMERICAN things. The initial idea of gathering agricultural and livestock displays isn’t unique to the US, but what it has become in the years since it started seems unlike anything that happens elsewhere in the world. My main experience with state fairs has been with the New York State Fair […]
Personal – A Partner Who Travels for Work
I finished a book recently about life as a single lady, and while I’m no longer technically single, I spent nearly 13 years of my adult life unattached. Conversely, I’ve only been in my relationship for about 3.5 years. So I have all kinds of habits that were set in early in my independent adult […]
Movie – Blade Runner 2049
I have seen a lot of movies, but there are times when the Boy is shocked to talk with me about movies, only to find out that I haven’t seen a lot of the classics. A couple months ago he listed a bunch in a row and just gaped when I kept replying, “Nope – […]
Event – Holly Bowling at the Hamilton
I am a homebody and an introvert, and my default setting is to do what is easiest and most comfortable. Too many times have I skipped a party or social gathering because my social anxiety was flaring up and the idea of being in a new place around new people was just so overwhelming that […]
Personal – 3 Beings Who Are Gone that I Want One More Day With
October // 3 beings who are gone from your life that you’d love to have one more day with. What would you do or ask them about? This feels like a trick question. Who in your life has died that you care enough about to feel you need more time with? It’s a hard one […]
Game – The Wolf Among Us
I think I’ve established that I’m a gamer of a very specific kind – I don’t have the hand-eye coordination to play any game that requires move “combos” on a moments notice (so fighting games are out), and I am not good at first person shooters mainly for the reason that I am constantly afraid […]
DIY – Lip Balm (first attempt)
In the past few years, it seems like a certain corner of the internet (and society) has gone crazy for essential oils. Combine this with some straight up pyramid-scheme stuff, and you’ve got a recipe for madness. People buying oils just because a blogger they admire is a distributor. Lots of posts about what to […]
Recipe – Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Have I told you all that E loves to bake? I often get requests from her to assist with cooking of all kind in the kitchen (“Can I add that ingredient?” “Can I stir”) which is a great attitude and better than her older sister’s, who is slightly afraid of the oven and burning herself. […]
Theater – The Lover and The Collection
We all have our own tastes. Things that we like and don’t like, and things we just don’t get. Preferences. And it turns out that my preferences do not run to modern theater – that is, most plays written after WWII. I get that writers are and were doing interesting things, up-ending the theater-goer’s view […]