Because I’m pretty much uncreative this morning and can think of nothing astounding (as if my regular posts are astounding in any way!),...

I bet you missed “Dispatches” last week, didn’t you? I bet when I posted a travel post, you were wondering if I’d forgotten. Or if I had...

Yesterday, I got an invitation to my cousin’s wedding. The cousin who is like six or seven years younger than me. I remember not only...

Oh, dear readers, it’s the end of the vacation. It’s back-to-work day. And while I’m happy to be back in Nashville, I’m not so keen on...

Yesterday morning, we left New Hampshire and headed for Boston. It was a little sad to leave the Spalding Inn, since it had become sort...

At least that’s how it felt yesterday when we were searching the White Mountain National Forest for waterfalls. Let’s just say that New...

Greetings from Whitefield, NH! Yesterday began with a lazy morning and breakfast at the inn. Mindy woke up before me and woke me up to...

The vacation started out so well. Mindy’s roommate arrived right on time to take us to the airport. The sun was igniting the sky with a...

Tomorrow, Mindy and I will board a plane headed for Providence, RI, by way of Chicago (a stop during which we won’t get off the plane....

My alarm went off at 5 a.m. as usual, but I hit the snooze and finally extricated myself from the warm cocoon of blankets ten minutes...

This morning, I woke up slightly before my alarm went off. My first thought was that it was too early. That was quickly followed by the...

Welcome, Blog Friends, from beautifully drizzly Nashville. I’m beginning to think I live in Seattle with all the rain we’ve been having....

To quote Scarlett O’Hara, tomorrow is another day. Imagine our heroine, the selfish, strong-willed Scarlett realizing for the first time...

Or in the case of Nashville of late, rainy days all week long. But rain is particularly evil on Mondays. Seeing that if you’re human, you...

It doesn’t matter that I haven’t lived there for more than eight years, a piece of my heart still beats in Southeast Missouri. It doesn’t...

Yes, it’s been awhile since I’ve devoted a post to the ins and outs and the innate beauty of grammar. Mostly because I make enough...

Oh. My. Word! It’s time for “Dispatches” again! Didn’t I just do this? Oh, well. I know that you’re all waiting on bated breath. That...

Generally, when I remember my dreams, it’s because they’re a little bit wacky. Like this one. Or the one about running and bakeries and...

Seeing that I got to work and realized the amount of work that HAS to get done this week, in between meetings and other things, I offer...

This week has been long, ya’ll. I’m not going to lie. Oh, you could point out that I wasn’t in the office the first two days of the week...