Summer Fun 2024 List

Ethiopian food with CO and MM. Bake something for the Arlington County Fair. Reorganize the blog tags and categories in this space. Finish reading the Kinsey Millhone series. Bake a pie. Visit a state park. Visit the shore. Catch-up on the Welcome to Night Vale podcast. Celebrate: KW’s baby, HH’s baby, MM’s birthday, and KM’sContinue reading “Summer Fun 2024 List”

What I’ve Been Reading – 2/15/2021

UCs Move Forward with Open-Access Publishing | Santa Barbara Independent The Zoot Suit era is when white America learned to stereotype young Latinos as threats | The Los Angeles Times Shakespeare’s World of Science | The New Atlantis RSS Readers are due for a Comeback | Wired (Geez, I still miss Google Reader RIP….) HowContinue reading “What I’ve Been Reading – 2/15/2021”

November 2018

It’s been a minute since I gave NaNoWriMo a whirl.  Goals: Voting! Read Invisible, Akata Witch, and Hey Ladies. Finish the TAZ Mystery Puzzle Box. Send some Thanksgiving* gratitude cards. Write thru NaNoWriMo. Continue half marathon training (I am doing Santa to Sea on December 5). Looking ahead to: Kaytlyn visiting over Thanksgiving! I’ve longContinue reading “November 2018”

April 2018 Goals

Made by Emmastudies.com Revisiting January 2018… Read 3 books – nope Complete my Library Journal/BL reviews queue – ugh 50/50 Assemble the bookcase – Done! Which was a nightmare and involved damaged parts and return/refund policies Confirm new insurance with my practitioners – Done! Sign-up for a YMCA membership and start going – Done! AndContinue reading “April 2018 Goals”

2018 Goals and January Goals

We have a bit of catching up today. I have so many words to share with you. My employer was closed from December 23 – January 1 for a combination building maintance/holiday break, so I traveled home to New Jersey for the first extended time since I moved to California (nearly!) a year ago. ThatContinue reading “2018 Goals and January Goals”

October 2017 Goals: The Secret of Maple Avenue

Some autumnal, birthday sweetness from LC. A look back at September 2017‘s goals: Plan East Coast trip + prepare for K+J’s wedding – Coming up this weekend! Implement cleaning strategy – needs improvement Implement new blog schedule (x3 per week) – needs improvement Attend the Carpinteria Culinary Crawl Attended and it was delightful — oweContinue reading “October 2017 Goals: The Secret of Maple Avenue”

September and Fall Goals

New month, new music I like September for multiple reasons. September is: my birthday month, the month school traditionally starts in the Mid-Atlantic (Hello, back to school supplies), and the month when pumpkins start popping up. In the spirit of a new school year, I am in a goal-setting. Here are my goals for SeptemberContinue reading “September and Fall Goals”