QotD: Hello, Cleveland!

If you had a band, what would you call yourselves?Question submitted by Zoot. The Rubber Band.  My grandmother has always objected to the name: Her:  But it will make people…

offline pursuits

handing out beer I promised awhile ago that I'd put up pictures from the Day of the American Cowboy parade a few weeks ago.  They've been up on Flickr for…

QotD: Weekend Goal

What's one thing that you'd like to get done this weekend? Is there anything holding you back? Ha!  There's absolutely nothing I plan to get done this weekend.  Tomorrow I'm going…

QotD: Can you hear me now?

What's your cell phone's ringtone? What made you pick it? Ha!  I haven't had a cell phone since February, when I moved to rural Wyoming, where, at least with Cingular,…

QotD: Sugar, Sugar

What was your favorite candy when you were a kid? How does that compare to now? My father kept a jar of peppermints and lemondrops in the car at all…

horseback

As promised, here's a picture of me on Baby, the palomino, from my horseback riding excursion with my friends Shane and Tiffany the weekend before last.  I had not been…

QotD: Scents & Sensibilities

What's the strongest association you have between a scent and a memory? double image My father was a pipe smoker.  The photo of him which you can sort of see…

dog on the pass

princess Princess is Jim's dog–13 years old and still trooping–this picture, which I just adore, was taken after hiking up 2200 vertical feet over four or five miles.  Read and…

that kind of day

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Judith Viorst You may be familiar with the book pictured at left.  If you're not, I urge you to make…

identities

me and my tree I've been feeling some indecision about what picture to use as my identifier here.  Today, probably as a result of thinking about Meredith's comment about mp3s…