Hooray! An afternoon project

I stumbled across this scrumptious necklace from my Google Reader recommended tab. There’s nothing more fun than an afternoon project landing in your lap. I ♥ my beads and chain.

Street Seen at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Yesterday I took a couple of hours to head downtown and see the photography exhibit at MAM. I’m glad I did. Right there in the middle of dozens of black and whites, it hit me. My photography isn’t about documenting the way things are; it’s about articulating the way I see them. I practically skipped [...]

There are some stories I need to tell you.

My mother has been suggesting for the last few years that I need to write a family history. Like any good daughter, I’ve resisted. Today while I was chatting with a girlfriend, I came up with the first sentence. That was the title of this post. Oh, my family’s history is appropriately colorful. There’s the [...]

Monday’s to do list

While it would be tempting to lounge on the couch and feel the glory of a house all to myself, there’s stuff to get done. 1) Did you know that latest Diana Gabaldon book in the Outlander series is out? Me either. A girlfriend e-mailed me yesterday. It looks like there’s a copy on the [...]

Clutter free-ing

Why in the world didn’t I do this ages ago? Who knows what makes the switch finally click, but it’s on now, and stuff is flying out of here. I had a decent round of tossing about a year ago, but that was mostly the basement. This one is a nasty back room turned monster [...]