Gift of Home
To call me ruined by this beautiful place we call home would be fair. There’s plenty of work to do, always, and nothing is ever really perfect by crazy-people standards; but I cannot imagine a more satisfying way to spend…
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Category Just Life-ish
Tiptoeing Through Seeds
Few normal, everyday events have the power to thrust me into a foul mood more than walking barefoot on a dirty floor. Especially a hardwood floor encrusted with parrot fodder. Especially when it happens fifteen feet away from the parrot’s…
Couchsurfers are People Too (part one)
So, this past winter we stumbled upon this virtual-slash-real life community called “Couchsurfing.” Have you heard of it? It is basically a network of groups and individuals who are interested in travelling the globe a little, umm, outside of the…
My Top Ten Summer Don’ts
Summertime 2011 will be a season different than any I have ever had in my life, for so many reasons. I have been a Mom for sixteen years, but this will be the first summer both of my two…
Tornado Season in Oklahoma
As a little girl I never found tornadoes scary. In fact they were a source of great excitement, testament to the fact that I never had a close enough call with one to become properly frightened. Tornado drills were a…
Work That Matters
The work we choose often has a lot more to do with filling a financial or otherwise practical need (like health insurance, daycare, etc) than it does intrinsic value or personal satisfaction. At least in my exposure to this…