The Marriot Carpet is Dead. Long Live the Marriot Carpet
I’ve been going to the Dragon Con parade since those years when my then husband wasn’t interested in doing things with me. After a couple of times alone I took my oldest. He was...
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Positivity is a Dragonfly
It’s been a rough few weeks. Big things, small things, shocking things, simple irritations, life changing events, and on and on. It’s been one of those times when you realize that great big huge...
Thrifty and Grand
About 10 years ago while recovering from the house fire by way of thrifting, I wrote posts about how I’ve shopped thrift stores my whole life, when it was popular and when it wasn’t....
Out of Place
I am the least conventional thinker I know. I’m willing to conform when appropriate, just sometimes clueless about where that proverbial box is. I had a pre-calc professor who lectured on convention, how the...
Ballooning: Lighter than Air
Ballooning is one of my fondest pursuits. We’ve had fun with so many people. We’ve shared wonderful experiences, as well as tragedies, with friends, family and strangers in balloons. That English teacher who opened...
I Put On My Big Girl Pants and Got On the Ski Lift at Natural Bridge
Do you ever push your personal boundaries, try to blow past your hang-ups? Or, at least take baby steps? I, the person who would rarely turn down a hot air balloon ride, am afraid...
Seriously, Meat Tenderizer
It was Mom wisdom (my mother’s) that lead me to meat tenderizer, not for cooking though. I don’t care for it in cooking. I use it for insect bites. Some doctors will laugh at...
Tuesday Trippin’ January 2024
January was “more of the same” as December, but also some different. We’ve had temperatures colder than my tolerance, some with rain in 3, 5 & 10 day runs causing the dread interruptions that...