Pretty Litter
It’s hard to imagine the word pretty describing cat litter. Necessary, yes. Utilitarian. Clumping. Odor-reducing. These all make sense to me. But pretty? I don’t get it. Lille En, recently…
My 10-minute accountability check-in
Photo by Timo Müller on Unsplash You know how we all make goals in January and we forget them before February 1 rolls around? Yeah, guilty. So for personal accountability, here’s an update…
Excess pillow problem – solved
Photo by Every Angle on Unsplash We went from five beds to three over the past few years and we had more pillows than we knew what to do with. I didn’t want…
Cabbage pasta?!?
Photo by Natasha Skov on Unsplash I would have never thought of mixing cabbage and spaghetti but it’s darn good. Inspired by this recipe from the New York Times, we made this super easy…
My Covid 19 List
It’s hard to write a pandemic silver lining post. So many lives were lost and upended. But there are some things that have helped keep us going during the pandemic.…
Rural living: frozen well pump edition
Rural living has been a crash course in survivalist training. We’ve had power outages that lasted for days. Our hot water heater stopped working and no one seemed to know…
From the game room: Step up your game
An occasional post from Robert Boring board game components got you down? There’s a cure for that - step up your game! There is a large market full of ways…
BRB
A couple of years ago, I learned about Cal Newport’s Twitter break in January and decided to join him. For the last two years, I added Instagram. (I gave up…
Keeping it greener with reusable gift wrap
I love gift wrap. The tradition of wrapping gifts goes back centuries. In the United States, the Hall family of Hallmark fame is credited with first marketing modern gift wrap…
Immersed in Modern Art
If you have a background in art, you can skip this newbie post. If you are engaged with art but otherwise inexperienced, continue on. I’m taking a course called Modern Art…