When I am too tired/lazy/busy/spent/otherwise occupied, I like to take the easy road. I do enough walking on the high road and have sashayed along the low road long enough to take in the scenery. Sometimes the Easy Road is all I can muster. It's been a trying few days, and a … [Read more...] about The Easy Road – 5:00 Fridays
Archives for 2011
Perfection – Wordless Wednesday
Interview with a Bird
Tell me what you think of the nickname Bird. Eyebrows raised, snicker starting... I kinda like it. I kinda don't like it. It can be annoying because kids at school call me that. It reminds me of when I was younger and I think about what I looked like eating out of a … [Read more...] about Interview with a Bird
Lawry’s, It’s what’s for dinner.
I love to putz in the kitchen. I make up recipes and mostly follow my nose and instinct. I don't own measuring spoons and I define everything by pinches and dollops and tishes. When The Motherhood asked me to join with other Raleigh bloggers to create a Labor Day holiday grill … [Read more...] about Lawry’s, It’s what’s for dinner.
Slushie for My Sweetie – 5:00 Fridays
Mac Daddy's birthday is this weekend. We met in our twenties, got married in our thirties, and are embracing our forties. Life is good. Mac Daddy is the kind of man whom everyone adores. It's not that he's the garrulous life of the party or the kind of guy who's in tune with … [Read more...] about Slushie for My Sweetie – 5:00 Fridays
For Jennie
I can't help but wonder if Tennyson was right. "Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all." To add to the despair I so sharply feel in the wee hours, is the news from a dear friend. A friend whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack, leaving … [Read more...] about For Jennie
