Messing about with empathy
I’ve been reading a fascinating book called Conversations with the Earth by Hans Cloos. I received the 1953 first edition copy from my uncle when I was in college. It sat on my shelf for years, and I never read it. Finally, I decided I needed to read it to decide if I wanted to…
Yep, that is a Frozen reference because today I’m talking about my freezer. I cleaned out my freezer last year and thought I knew what was in it. Nope. I still find surprises. (Hubby found a bag of doughnuts in our freezer that I had never seen before. They were horrible.) We received a box…
My second half marathon this June is a trail run near West Yellowstone, Montana. It has a lot of steep hills. I’ve only ever done one trail run, and I ran it in my street running shoes. I learned a lot on that trail run, the number one thing being that I need trail shoes.…
This diagram works for any long-term project you have. Just substitute “workout” with the task you might procrastinate on. Then go do it.
I have a love/hate relationship with lists and charts. I go through periods where I make a list and do everything on it, and I make a monthly chart of daily habits and fill it all out. But at other times, I make a list or a chart and abandon it by day 2. Lately,…
When I wrote about decluttering my baking shelf, I mentioned that I found quick oats and raisins. I forgot to mention that I also found an almost full bottle of Karo Corn Syrup, an ingredient that I never use. So, of course, I googled for oatmeal and Karo syrup recipes. I found three old-fashioned cookie…
I was reading a kid’s book on earthquakes (as one does) and learned that 90% of the world’s earthquakes happen on the Ring of Fire (the plate boundaries that circle the Pacific Ocean.) That number seemed really high to me, so I googled it. It turns out to be true (don’t doubt children’s science books.)…
Happy National Jelly Bean Day. I like jelly beans, but I rarely eat them because I’m picky. I like the big ones and can hardly ever find them. I looked last Easter and could only find the bird egg ones, which are medium-sized at best. I don’t mind the Jelly Belly brand, but it takes…
I have a shelf for my baking ingredients, and a long time ago, I put everything in mason jars and labeled them. The shelf was very full but very organized (or so I believed.) I was waiting for dinner to cook and decided to empty the baking area and wipe down the shelf. Surprise! A…
At 3:34 a.m. EDT on April 19, humans’ flew on a different planet. I love writing that. Ingenuity rose 10 feet in the air, turned around, took a picture, and landed. That may not sound like much, but it’s as momentous as the Wright Brothers’ first flight. We now know that we can fly on…