Monsters

I was up late last night because I’ve been putting off processing the rest of my strawberries. I made 9 batches of jam the first day and lost steam. But after almost a week it was time to get the last 2 gallons of strawberries processed and I didn’t manage to do it [...]

scattered

I’ve had a few things I’ve been thinking about blogging. I just can’t get it together though. I was talking to Paige this morning and I asked her if she thinks people act different around her. (Dumb question, I know) And it got me thinking about why we do act weird around [...]

The Jack Bauer America

Some of the best discussions I have with BJay happen just as I’m about to drop off to sleep. I suspect he thinks that I’ll more readily agree with him when I’m sleepy. About a week ago B decided to start an interesting political discussion that involved Jack Bauer, John McCain, The US [...]

Alpha moms

I caught a segment of The Today show the other day where this woman was talking about Alpha-moms. Her comment was so perfect, she said Alpha moms are the ones who plan the parties and execute all creative control on a project. The Beta moms might get asked to bring paper towels and [...]

little strings

Before I went to India I read Vikram Seth’s tome “A Suitable Boy”. The professor who assigned me work for my independent study (the argument that sealed the deal in convincing my parents I should go half way around the world with a [crazy] woman I barely knew) assigned me the book. I [...]