Before Lent began this year, I blogged about my goal to give up caffeinated tea for 40 days. It was a modification on the 30-day challenges I had been tackling, and you can read about it in my March 5 entry. As a true tea aficionado, I wasn't sure how well it might go, but … Continue reading Positive Changes: The 30-Day Challenge Revisited
Random Musings
Barnyard Adventures, Part 2: Surgery in a Barn
I remember watching several episodes of All Creatures Great and Small where Helen, wife of the 1930s veterinarian James Herriot, assists her husband with surgery. As I mentioned in yesterday’s entry, I sort of fall short in my ability to be quite as confident on a farm as Helen, but I’m not giving up yet. … Continue reading Barnyard Adventures, Part 2: Surgery in a Barn
Contemplating Change: The 30-Day Challenge
I don't really like change. I enjoy drinking the same brand of OJ each morning. I never stray very far from Raisin Bran. I've been known to contemplate a haircut for at least six months before committing to the chop, and I'm still working up the courage to buy new glasses despite the fact that … Continue reading Contemplating Change: The 30-Day Challenge
Snowpocalypse and the Great Car Extraction
Like many residents along the eastern coast of the U.S., I'm home today because of snow. The beautiful fluffy white stuff has been falling steadily for the past nine hours, and I've been enjoying some relaxation and my Netflix account. Not bad for a Tuesday. Actually, while we aren't expected to get even a foot … Continue reading Snowpocalypse and the Great Car Extraction
Dreamin’ in Slang
Words must be my passion if I find myself dreaming about them at night. In the past I've dreamt that I was writing some important piece of journalistic prose or crafting the absolutely perfect title for a newspaper (I did not remember the title when I woke up - perhaps Shades of Indistinct?). My dream … Continue reading Dreamin’ in Slang
Megan Mallory Martin 