Just a quick hello from the SLOWEST dial-up connection ever. Then again, I’m on vacation and shouldn’t be online at all, so perhaps this is my punishment. So far having time off has [...]
Last entry for a little while, as I’m heading out of town next week for a vacation. Still, it’s not all play and no work, as I’m fitting in two bookstore appearances between [...]
#1427 why I love living here in N.C.: cows on the loose at the post office. Yesterday, I was on my way to the post office when I saw the entrance was blocked by two cop cars. A moment later, as I [...]
I got up early to work out today, which is necessary these days if you want to do anything requiring ANY kind of exertion outside. When I came in, I turned GMA while I sucked down a few glasses [...]
Yesterday, when the temperature was hovering at about ninety-eight, my husband and I decided to go to the movies. Dark cold room, hot popcorn, almost the entire theater to ourselves. We disagreed [...]
Have to write this entry quickly, as I’m trying to beat the heat today. Literally. It’s supposed to be in the mid-nineties, which means if you want to get anything done—i.e [...]
Happy Birthday Hannah! I will eat some cake just for you today. (Okay, for me, too. But mostly for you.) Last night I was dead asleep when I felt my husband shaking my arm. At first, I [...]
So the NC Legislature just passed a bill making it illegal for teenagers to talk on cell phones while driving. I heard about this story on my local NPR station while I was in the shower this [...]
It’s 8:56, and I’ve already made a lasagna. Don’t ask. But don’t think I’m getting too productive. I still have had time to find a new summer TV addiction: The World [...]
According to my local paper—expert on all things—we’re now officially in the Summer Doldrums. There was a whole article yesterday about how everyone took their vacation last [...]
