An FRG Giveaway (You Know You Want It)

Hey girl. Long time, no write! It has been a rough semester as I’ve tried to figure out how to balance my personal life (friends and family) with all of the work on… Read More →

Grading is a Labor of Love

That is today’s mantra. And honestly, it’s working! So, like most people my age, I’m plugged in to social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.). And one thing that I’m seeing more and more lately… Read More →

Happy (Belated) Birthday to John Keats

Yesterday, October 31, would have been my beloved John Keats’s 217th birthday. My favorite of the second-wave Romantic poets, Keats deserves more than a belated mention; but it matters little, because his truth… Read More →

Word-o’-the-Week Special Guest Blog: Zombie (By Molly)

Hey, folks! I’ve been meeting deadlines this week before a month-long freelance hiatus. So my super-awesome pal Molly from Grad Cool offered to research a word of her choice, and it just so… Read More →

Guest Post @ FabricPaperGlue

Guess who’s today’s guest blogger over at FabricPaperGlue while my friend Mandy is away in Japan? That,’s right—this girl! Check out my DIY tutorial for ribbon napkin rings, as well as the rest… Read More →

Party Hearty Halloween

Are you planning a Halloween party? This year I’ll probably keep things low-key (since the actual day is smack-dab in the middle of the week), but I’m still planning to drink cider, wear… Read More →

Ghosts and Apparitions

Dear friends, do you believe in ghosts? If you had asked me ten years ago if I believed in ghosts, my answer would have definitely been, “Hells no! Only nutcases believe in ghosts.”… Read More →

Persimmons

A few weeks ago, I took a lil somethin’ I’m working on to the Shiloh Museum annual quilt fair (photos to come). And while we were there, Marty, the kind groundskeeper, treated me and… Read More →

First Christmas Card of the Year

Today is October 2, 2012, and yesterday morning I received my first Christmas card of the year.  I know what you’re thinking: “It’s October! Are you serious? We’ve still got Thanksgiving in the… Read More →

Word-o’-the-Week: Tit for Tat

“But if young women are well practiced in the arts of marginal revenge, the universe has its own sense of tit for tat.” —from Rules of Civility by Amor Towles Once in a while… Read More →