I used to get haircuts and new clothes. Now I buy chandeliers and replant the yard. That might backfire when my clothes are 20 years out of date, but it’s working out well for now. The current improvement plans are for my poor yard, which has turned into one of the scragglier yards on the…
Quality Time with my Porch Swing
Yesterday was my second sick day in a year. I did actually go to work for two hours, but then I retreated to my couch and spent a vast majority of the day sleeping, which is exactly what sick days were made for. Sometime after coming out of that coma, I ended up on the…
Monk by the Sea
Take a look at this painting: It’s called Monk by the Sea, and I loved it from the first time I saw it during a college art history class. It flashed up on the projection screen during a dark, sleep-inducing class. The sky was a luminous mix of rainy day color, not flat like the…
Prophetic Blogging
So I wrote an ode to butter a few days ago. Right. Unfortunately, it played into my cooking attempt last night in a rather big way. If you haven’t already heard, I’m becoming slightly obsessed with the Pioneer Woman. Her recipes are just the right mix of unique and down home, her photography is beautiful,…
Wilburn Grey and Dorian Gray
My middle name is Grey, and I love it. It was my grandfather’s middle name, and having it makes me feel like I get to take a small piece of him with me even though I never got to meet him. It’s kind of a silly way to feel, but it’s true. Everyone talks about…
The Little Things
As I’ve previously mentioned, my goal for 2009 was to finish a book a week. I succeeded, then fell into a giant heap on the floor come January 1, 2010. Those last few weeks involved more panic-induced reading than desirable, so this year’s goal was to read less and enjoy more. The problem with that…
Phone Phun
My family moved fairly frequently while I was growing up, so we were constantly acquiring new addresses and phone numbers. My parents got pretty good at knowing exactly when to forward mail so that the least possible amount got lost in the shuffle, how to settle into a new home quickly, and all of the…
Small, but valuable. 