So, I did it. I finally pulled the plug and got my first tattoo. It still feels surreal to say that. Me? Tattoo? Really? Really. To answer your questions, yes, I love it and yes, it hurt. But not too bad, honestly. The whole thing only took about seven minutes and the last half, as [...]
Two years ago today. Happy 2nd anniversary to my one true love and soulmate. Today and everyday, proud to call you my husband, Honored to be your wife.
By now I’m sure you’ve heard the devastating news from the Pacific this morning. An 8.9 magnitude quake stuck off the coast of Japan, causing widespread damage and spawning a massive set of tsunamis, one or several of which is hitting Hawai’i right now. As you might recall, we spent our honeymoon on Kauai and [...]
For Christmas, my mother-in-law gave me a subscription to Martha Stewart Living, which had to be one of my favorite gifts of the season, simply because like all subscription gifts it keeps on giving, month after month. And this morning as I scrolled through the Valentine’s Day issue, I came across this story on gathering your [...]
Dude, film photography is a DIFFERENT WORLD. Of course I used to shoot with a little automatic film camera when I was a kid. I marvel now at how comfortable I was with loading the film, taking my little canisters to be developed, etc. That all seems like ancient history now, but I’m glad I’m [...]
We celebrated our first Valentine’s Day as a married couple in style. I made him this painting using stamps I carved out of potatoes. And this lovely plate of chewy, chocolate-y brownies. He came home from his business trip on Friday with this lovely bouquet in hand. Then he took me to an Italian dinner [...]
This post is dedicated to my mom. It’s her birthday, you see. And there’s no Hallmark message for what I want to say to her today. And this won’t fit on the inside of a greeting card anyways. Plus I want it to be known what a wonderful woman my mother is (though for the [...]
Yesterday was just about as beautiful a day as you can get here in the dead of winter in New England. The sun was blindingly bright (still bouncing off last weekend’s snow), the temperature was above 30, and the wind kept itself under control. And for my first day off on my new part-time schedule, [...]
I was planning a whole post for tonight about the move. About how stressful it can be, the way it forces you to take stock of your entire life. And about how rewarding it can be, how unbelievably warm and comforting it can be to set up your new house and by extension, your new [...]
