I’m Baaack!

Everyone — even non-bloggy people I know — are blogging it up like fools lately. So what is this — me, not blogging? It’s a conspiracy. I simply must do it, especially since I started taking pictures of food I make and eat. Especially since Eat...

In Awe of These

This morning, while walking on the treadmill and reading my weekly People Magazine, I read about a family who has adopted a bunch of children with AIDS from Ethiopia. I could not find the article online or I would link here but basically, it was a normal American...

Makes You Think: Book and Movie of the Week

Movies and books are quite often my sources of inspiration. They are thought provoking other lives, tearing me from the blessed reality of my own. In the past week, I’ve read one book and watched one movie — both of which propelled the perspective parts of...

On Abortion. Again.

It’s been awhile since I wrote a anything about abortion. It seems I cannot say in enough words, in enough languages, in enough phrases, how assuredly I oppose this horrific act of violence toward unborn children. I got into an argument on Twitter the other day...

A Peek at My Desk

This is where I work, every day all day. It is where I plop down after my morning workout and commute on the DC metro — usually with a cup of gross (but free!) coffee and a Nature Valley granola bar. I begin my day by checking my favorite, relevant web sites:...

Atlantic City Weekend

This weekend I went to Atlantic City, New Jersey with my girlfriends for Marisa’s birthday. It was my second trip the faux-Vegas and I wasn’t disappointed. We stayed at Harrah’s, where they had a very cool indoor pool, mocked up to feel like you are...