a girl named Sue

It's been a good holiday weekend with a good mix of activities and people. Cookouts, margaritas, movies (lots of movies), gardening, ...

I hopped a bus on Thursday bound for New York City with Scarlet for nothing more complicated than I see possibility in buildings with...

- We're Alive: A Story of Survival , I discovered this zombie podcast a little over a year ago but struggled to get into it. Much of ...

I spent a couple of days last week at a workshop in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was a whirlwind trip with many hours spent in the car...

vanilla yogurt + homemade (by Ravena) granola coconut risotto + a bit of cream + bananas + cinnamon banana + coconut + spinach...

Some people have human babies and animal babies they photograph and track. Well, baby humans aren't really on my radar screen, and b...

Last week was really busy at work with all day fish meetings, city council meetings in faraway cities, and other stuff. I was lucky enough t...

  The Kennebec River...not the Chattooga Until this weekend, I had never seen Deliverance. In fact, I'm a little embarrassed to adm...

Megan over at Semi-Charmed Kind of Life has issued a gargantuan summer reading challenge. I'm not even kidding. Take a look at some o...

If I were to only write about crafts, I'm afraid I'd have to specialize in cutting corners. I can't help but wing it at least 75...

Fieldnotes Sundays would be one of my favorite days if it weren't for the fact that it's always a harbinger of Monday....

Fieldnotes It struck me last night how devoid of people my Week in the Life photos are. I spent time around people (gym...

Fieldnotes I spent very little time away from my computer today. Like many days, I ventured away from my desk solely to grab my l...

Fieldnotes I spent the day in Staunton (and traveling) for a work meeting. When I made it back to Fairfax, I had two things on ...

Fieldnotes After barreling head first into spring, we had a cold snap in the DC area, and the tomato babies came inside. I paus...