Ready for a peek at my travel bucket list? Everyone has one, right? I’ve had major wanderlust lately, yet no money to satisfy the urge to get away, so I spend a lot of time planning pretend vacations in my head. Hey, if I win the lottery, at least I’m...
Last Monday, I decided it would be fun to drag Jacob and my boyfriend up to Promised Land State Park. I grew up in that area, and I really wanted to get some good nature pictures to practice my skills. I’ve decided it’s time to stop blaming my...
by Christopher Fritschi Someone once described their mind as filled with, ‘monkeys with chainsaws’. My imagination is just like that. Maybe one or two juggle them too, I don’t know. When I decided to write, I mean seriously write, it opened up a...
Title: The Great Geese Migration Author: B. V. Clingan Publisher: AuthorHouse If you’ve ever wondered why geese fly south for the winter (beyond the whole “because they need to stay warm” answer), The Great Geese Migration by B. V. Clingan provides a...
The Oscars are on tonight, and while I haven’t watched them in a while (at some point, they just got a little too pretentious for me), I do love to read the results the next day. I also love checking out the Red Carpet pictures, as I am fascinated by what some...
My mom used to make soap and body products,and Shea butter was one of the main ingredients that she used. I loved having it in the house because it’s so easy to scoop out a bit and rub it on a dry patch. She gave up her business a few years ago, after she broke...
History, English, Math and…financial literacy? It might seem odd, but the ins and outs of navigating financial adulthood are becoming increasingly important to the education of America’s youth, and for good reason. The extensive overleveraging and risky...
The Muppets are up for an Oscar in the Best Music category for their “Man or Muppet?” song, written by Bret McKenzie. Think they have what it takes to bring home the gold statue? Check out the song for yourself and decide. Of course, this is the Academy...
Now that Jacob has learned to spell on his own (more or less, obviously at 6, he’s not writing Shakespeare), he loves writing notes to his friends. He has two that are his “best friends,” and I swear he’s already worse than a teenage girl when...