View of the mountains from my hotel room
Ding-dong!
Close up of the sandstone formations at the Garden of the Gods: Colorado Springs My pets can really tickle my funny bone. Especially when they’re totally clueless about something. Such as the other night when I was folding laundry and my husband was watching television in the basement. The dogs […]
Road food
Dining at Jake & Telly’s: Colorado Springs Luckily my companions on my recent Colorado trip were like-minded when it came to dining. I absolutely hate eating at chain restaurants when on the road. (I hate them at home, too, but that’s another story.) We vowed to avoid Chili’s, Applebee’s and […]
I like peas
Whole-wheat pasta and chicken in a gruyere cheese sauce Flipping through the issue of Cooking Light that arrived yesterday, I found a section that featured homey, baked dishes. I settled on this one and went about the preparations. Yes, those green things are peas. I hated peas as a kid, […]
Colorado Rocky Mountain High
Pike’s Peak framed by the formations in the Garden of the Gods: Colorado Springs How can you complain about traveling for business when you get to see such sights as these? Yet three whirlwind days in Colorado Springs was pretty exhausting. Even though it’s a small two-hour time difference, I […]
Double dose of Ladysmith
Shadows in the dining room We saw Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Calvin College last night. What a great show! I’d heard them before, as most people have, on Paul Simon’s Graceland. But seeing them live is an entirely different experience. Not only do they create beautiful, rhythmic melodies with their […]
Snow-covered picnic table
Juliette climbs on these tables to see if she can get closer to the squirrels in the trees above
Dead of winter slump
Softball season is still a long ways off I was telling Kevin today during our coffee break that, although I love taking photos, I’ve been in a bit of a slump lately. When cold weather hits, I feel a bit stuck with what’s around me — the same old house, […]
Guard dogs II
Gifted to us by Lynne and Bob These lovely little beasts have been sitting on our counter, awaiting my husband’s duty of placing them near the door. As Lynne explained, the man should place them there so that they will “keep” his macho-manliness (or some such equivalent) as he enters […]
Year of the monkey
Made in China, sold in Montreal, tailored in Grand Rapids Belated or not, our Chinese New Year celebration was fun. It was nice to have friends over and hang out for a few hours. And other than burning the bottoms of my veggie eggrolls, the food selections turned out pretty […]
Todd Mundt is a rockstar
No, I didn’t leave the house with all that cat hair on my sweater I’m an avid NPR/Michigan Radio listener. In the past year, I’ve dwindled my radio dial selections to 104.1 and the local independent music station (WYCE) on 88.1. Between the two, I get my news and my […]