A Celebration of Mundanity

It's getting to fall again and I've picked up my knitting needles. This is a hobby I save for when the weather starts to turn and the evenings get dark early (or as the case has been this week, when…

I went to Cook Forest today with George where we hiked two circular trails. We lucked out with the weather, we encountered rain on the drive up and on the return trip. But during the hours of hiking…

I ended up having a private yoga lesson/sessionthis morning. Nice. Apparently they just changed the schedule for fall, moving the Wednesday morning class to Tuesday morning (there is only evening…

Went to Wolf Rocks near Forbes State Forest for a quite nice five mile loop hike with George. The trail, although riddled with large rocks which promoted stumbling if you weren't paying attention,…

It's been a few years since I practiced yoga. There was a woman in my neighborhood who would conduct classes at our community center. It was nice, I could walk over and walk home from guided…

I used to speak French fairly fluently. I had almost considered languages and linguistics as a major before I fell in love with biology. I had four years in high school and five semesters of college…

This is a recipe of Kitty's and she is my kind of kitchen goddess! I added a small can of corn, the sweet crunch added a nice balance to the earthiness and spiciness of the rest of the ingredients.…

I want to begin by saying how wonderful it was to see so many familiar faces and meeting new ones. I have this problem, you see, I love my friends tremendously. There are people in my life that I…

Congratulations JA and TT!!! Here's a few highlight photos to tide you over until I elaborate on the details of this fabulous wedding weekend: My "tasteful pirate attire" complete with PVC corset!

This weekend a close friend is getting married on the submarine at the Science Center. I have assembled an excellent outfit that meets the requested "tasteful pirate attire" that is strongly…