a girl named Sue

July has been full of work, work and more work. Still, I managed to squeeze in some fun between the marathon sessions in front of my compute...

- The Secret Life of Bees , Enthralling story in Smithsonian Magazine on bee behavior with descriptions of their enthusiastic dancing, ag...

Twitter is slowly helping me become a better person. Who knew this tool could become a beacon, the lighthouse standing strong on the Interne...

I really, really liked Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. So fun and everything a good liberal like me could ask for. Lincoln wielding an a...

Some of my favorites in my Twitter stream were abuzz this week tweeting and retweeting about the winner of this year's library interio...

Now that we've been hitting the gym hard once again [have I not mentioned the 3-month slow down and 3-week sabbatical I took?] I find m...

I'm the kind of girl who... becomes anxious at the sight of a bug and has to pull on her big girl pants to kill it has to put on h...

I'm not looking to rush the year but, boy, am I glad June is over! I knew going in that it was going to be crazy busy at work...the kind...

week 12 , a photo by Serena McClain on Flickr. I may not any energy this month for after-work blogging, but my tomato plants aren't hav...

When I spotted a link to this DIY , I knew I had to try it. I was really drawn to the aesthetic, and I'm always on the lookout for re...

I actually planned for this crafting binge with a trip to Michaels on Sunday. A few wooden beads, suede cording and paint that was alread...

(aka, things I do when I don't want to go to bed ) things I do when I don't want to go to bed , a photo by Serena McClain on Fl...

view from my couch    .    blankets I chose not to put away    .    reading and tv-watching Recuperation was the order of...

Do you see that winding road? On Monday, I'll be traveling that blue line from the DC 'burbs to Northampton, Mass on my way to a ...

I get such a kick out of seeing how fast these grow! Over the past week or so, the largest tomato baby developed a couple of flowers. Pubert...

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...