Pamela Wood Browne Acckkk! Another thing I love is no more! I was wondering why I hadn’t seen the Cosmo Doogood’s Urban Almanac for sale and now I found the notice that there will not be a 2007 edition. I’m totally bummed… (online for a bit because I can’t sleep)
This year we celebrated the arrival of the new year Brit-style. We met up with two of our closest friends at The Olde Ship in Santa Ana. The restaurant had their celebration on UK time which put the big moment at 4pm SoCal time. Since my in-laws are in England it seemed fitting to be … Read more
The fact that I’m turning 40 this year (note countdown clock) creates a sense of urgency to my usually casual new year resolution ponderings. It’s not that I’m freaked out by getting older. I’ve generally considered each decade to be the best, except in the areas of health & fitness. I had some really tough … Read more
I discovered the fun of having an audio player on my blog when I wanted to share my latest Christmas music find. Today it felt like time to remove the Christmas music from my main page, but I wanted to continue the fun of sharing music so I searched for something else to share. I … Read more
I found this distressing global warming milestone at Think Progress: “Rising seas, caused by global warming, have for the first time washed an inhabited island off the face of the Earth.” Some uninhabited islands have been covered in recent years, but disappearance of Lohachara, an island off the coast of India that was “once home … Read more
I can’t believe I didn’t find this yule log video until now. Since we moved out of my childhood home, one of the things I’ve really missed is having a fireplace. I loved building the fire, spending evenings sitting in front of it, and using our fireplace popcorn popper. I remember the anticipation building as … Read more