The stark absence of a working, internet accessible computer in my apartment has put a distinct cramp in my blogging regularity.  The last couple of days I’ve gotten to work in the morning, with the intention of writing something to post, but the days pick up speed from the moment I put my butt in [...]

I spent Friday night at a retreat center in West Chester.  In the middle of the night I woke to the sounds made by throaty rumbles of thunder and demanding raindrops.  Each lightening strike filled my room with brightness, and seemed close enough that even in my through the fog of sleep, I figured it [...]

About ten minutes ago, I sat down in front of my computer, in the first pocket of total downtime I’ve had all weekend, thinking that I would be able to write a blog entry that would be able to do justice to any of the things I did.  I’m rapidly realizing that just ain’t gonna [...]

Today, just a few minutes after noon, my cellphone rang. It was my cousin Melissa. She never calls me during the workday, and so immediately, my throat tensed. I picked up the phone and gave a tentative, strained “hello,” expecting that she was calling to say that her mother was in the hospital, or that [...]

Today is the two year anniversary of the day my ex-boyfriend and I broke up. He was my first significant love, and I was not prepared for the end when it arrived. I realize that this isn’t the type of anniversary that is traditionally circled in calendars and celebrated with gifts or cards. But it [...]

My family has a tradition of moving over Memorial Day Weekend, so every year, I’m grateful when Memorial Day comes and goes without boxes, bubble wrap and moving vans. When they don’t include moving, I have always been partial to holiday weekends. People kick back a little more than normal, comfortable in the knowledge that [...]

Saturday afternoon, I had a perfect moment.  Everything in the universe conspired to remind me that I was in the most right place, at the most right time.
After finishing an imprompu lunch with a seldom seen friend, I walked over to Jin’s Produce to buy the ingredients for a salad I was bringing to a [...]

I have wanted a Kitchen Aid mixer since college, when I used the one that belonged to the Resident Director to make cakes for a hall birthday party. I was astounded at how quickly and easily it turned ingredients into batter. That was my first exposure to such things, and I was hooked (men should [...]

This morning I woke up, a little earlier than normal for me on a Monday morning, to the WHYY spring fund drive playing on my bedside radio. I quickly hit snooze and tried to reclaim the last moments of the dream I had been having before the alarm had interrupted. It was no [...]

For the next couple of weeks, Ingrid’s harp is residing in my living room. I keep catching glimpses of it out of the corner of my eye and thinking that it is a person, quietly standing there. It has no malicious intent.
Sunday night I vacuumed my apartment for the first time in many [...]