Late-summer color I officially launched this redesigned site one year ago today. Jeesh…time sure goes by fast! The old site was Blogger-driven from March 2000 to February 2003. I never did catch on to archiving with that app, though, and end of month became a pain. Plus, the look of […]

No, not beer…rootbeer

This would be a picture of Keb’ Mo’ except that they didn’t allow photography at last night’s concert When I was in college, I dated a guy who was a former (and soon to be again) member of a local Michigan band called The Huntunes. They were high-school friends who […]

Red sky at night In the midst of conversation, I looked over my husband’s shoulder and out the kitchen window to see an eerie red color lighting up the deck. What would formerly have been just “cool” was now cause for me to go running for my camera. A storm […]

A few blocks away The office is finally done (aside from hanging a few odds and ends on the walls and painting some of the furniture). The walls are freshly coated and today we wrestled the new rug into place. It’s cheerful in here now. Banished is the football wallpaper […]

The kids seemed to be the most inspired by the music I was chatting with my neighbor last night when a band struck up with a loud oompah-oompah. We looked around and saw a crowd gathered at the senior citizen’s complex across the street. Who knew they were planning such […]

We’re about to be knee-deep in these any day now I’ve always loved the Olympics. I used to watch them with my mom when I was a kid. I remember USA vs. Russia in hockey because I swear I’d never seen her jump out of her chair and cheer like […]

My hollyhock keeps dropping its blooms onto the deck Our afternoon dog walks aren’t often boring. There’s always some form of entertainment to be had, most often for the neighbors who watch me do battle with two 40-pound dogs trying desperately to get at a squirrel perched just out of […]