Monthly Archives: June 2009

S. and I leave Wednesday around noon for a ten day vacation to Northern Michigan. Originally we were intending to leave on Thursday but then we realized the traffic on Thursday would probably be monstrous and thus we decided to … Continue reading →

If there is one thing I have learned in our half year of home ownership, it is that the elusive idea of “next year” falls from our lips much more frequently than it ever did before. Next year we will … Continue reading →

To say things aren’t working out in Pittsburgh the way S. and I thought they would is a vast understatement. Our decision to move back here a year and a half ago took a serious amount of thought and consideration … Continue reading →

One of my resolutions this year was to cease, once and for all, talking negatively about myself, both aloud to other people and silently, in my head. This resolution goes hand in hand with another one I scribbled down but … Continue reading →

During the break I’m taking from my novel, I’ve been doing some background research and reading books I remember loving throughout my life to see why they “worked,” so to speak. One of the things I quickly realized is I … Continue reading →

It’s hard to believe, but we are halfway through 2009 already. I actually feel as though this year has been nicely paced – I don’t it slipping through my fingers like I do some years – but it still moves … Continue reading →