Not for the faint-hearted…

Let’s play “I Spy” for a moment. What do you see in this picture? 

In case all you’re seeing is a knife and some chopped chives, let me give you a hint: the good news is it wasn’t an important part of my finger. Yup. So if you still aren’t convinced, or just really want to [...]

My Library Rocks.

I’m not sure whether to be more embarrassed or delighted. 
Today I stopped by the library to pick up a few things I had on hold, and when one of the librarians (or library workers; I’m not sure of his title but I see him working at the circulation desk pretty often) pulls out an extra [...]

Trip Pics and Such

To avoid making this a mile-long post, I’ll just hit some highlights: 

In order to deal with the mild terror I felt driving through road construction on the way up Going-to-the-Sun Road, I decided to have a little fun at one of the pull-offs near Heaven’s Peak… 

 
Yes, I made my mother climb up here. We had [...]

mmmmm soup

In the past few months I have had a handful of friends/family members ask me for my soup recipes. I have to admit, I do it a little differently every time - but these are roughly how I make them. Warning: I don’t measure exactly — I just toss stuff in until it smells/tastes the [...]

my once-and-done explanation for something I’ve been asked about a million times

This is an interesting article: “Vegetarianism is the new Prius.” For the past eight years, I have had many people ask me why I am a vegetarian. In all honesty, it is a combination of many factors that have evolved over the years.
Sometimes I refer to my inablility to eat cute fuzzy things, and to [...]