Morty (Short for Mordecai, or so I’m told) was the cat who inhabited the bookstore where I work. He lived there for about 10 years, and he was my favorite coworker. He, like many cats, liked boxes – and working
Self Acceptance
Lots of self-help and counseling programs talk about the value of self acceptance. To be honest, it’s a concept I’m only just beginning to understand. It’s hard to “love yourself” when you don’t feel very lovable. I was talking about
House and Home
Three years ago this week, SSH and I started looking for our house. We knew we needed to move, as Hurricane Ike had well demonstrated the struggles our more coastal area would have with any kind of tropical storm, and
I have no idea what to post
So here’s a picture of me with a cat on my head. (he did this of his own accord)
Ursa Alumna
Being that today is all about football* here in the US (for anyone who isn’t out shopping), I thought I’d talk a little bit about being an alumna from a Big 12 school. I frequently tell people I don’t like
Happy Thanksgiving
Yesterday and today have been all about cooking – cooking pies, making side dishes, setting tables. All the setup just for one meal sometimes seems kind of overdone, but then I remember the number of times I can count having
And So It Begins
Today marks the last day of “normal” at my job. Tomorrow we’ll all have off to celebrate Thanksgiving, and Friday morning, bright and early, it is “The Holidays” ™. (It’s been hinting at The Holidays ™ for awhile. The store
For the Love of the Game
I come from a family of people who love baseball. My grandfather is a good Italian boy from the Bronx, and so baseball was a huge part of his youth. He passed that love down to my father (and my
Getting over a haircut
So last Wednesday I went in to get my hair trimmed for the holidays, hoping to have an inch or so trimmed off the ends and the front shaped up around my face. I sat down in the chair and
Flex Pen Alert!
If you’re at all interested in getting a reasonably priced, flexible nib fountain pen, the new Noodler’s Ahab pens are going on sale at noon today over at Goulet Pens. I’ve got two of the original flex pens, which I