posted by K | filed under Ooh, Pretty!, Shopping Disease, Small Town Life | 4 Comments

It’s been a while since I’ve had any interesting purchases to show off. For one thing, I’ve been on my End of Spending kick, and for another I’ve been too busy with my two jobs and all my travels to find time for shopping.
But this weekend was the Antique Alley sale on the square […]

posted by K | filed under Pets | 13 Comments

On my last post about Stanley the Charming Stray, my sister commented, “are you keeping him? huh?? huh???”
The answer is … I still don’t know. Truth is I’m frozen - I don’t know whether to seek out his nonexistent-or-worse owners or to assume he is a stray and proceed with getting him cleaned […]

posted by K | filed under Pets | 11 Comments

For about a week, a dog has been hanging around our backyard, sleeping in the cool dirt underneath the shed and mostly staying out of sight. Another dog - a yellow Lab with a collar - was hanging around with him and barked at D when we came out of the house. Our neighbors […]

posted by K | filed under Family & Friends, Reflection | Leave a Comment

And just like that, my mid-20s crisis is waning. It always happens that way for me - I’ll be all in my head obsessed with something, and then I talk (or write) out all the details, and immediately the angst starts dissipating.
It helps that this weekend was the sort of typical weekend that had […]

posted by K | filed under Family & Friends, Mr. and Mrs., Reflection | 1 Comment

I’m having a mid-20s crisis. I’ve been realizing lately that at two months shy of 27 years old, I’ve had surprisingly few periods in my life when I could say “Whateva, I do what I want,” like Cartman on my favorite episode of South Park. And suddenly - now that I’m supposed to be […]