Priorities! Priorities!
Everything's on the back burner while I'm up to my eyeballs in War & Peace. At this very moment I'm on page 486 with 177 to go until tomorrow's discussion. And there's still a workout to be sweated through, tonight's dinner to be made, a house to be cleaned, and a dessert to be prepared for tomorrow night's guests. It's not that I haven't attempted to read in reasonable increments. I have, after all, read 169 of the required number of pages. It's just that literally, every time I sit down to read, some

I *Heart* Pumpkin!
It was my turn to host my Short Story Book Club last night. Therefore, it was my turn to make a yummy dessert for my friends, which naturally would include something made from pumpkin. I'm not sure what it is, but I've been having a fairly intense love affair with pumpkin. I love the way they look, these orange orbs that are the very definition of cheerful: I lo

I Was in Her Sunrise
Photo Credit I've stopped and started this post numerous times, not entirely sure what it is, exactly,  that I have to say today. There's much to process, but to pick the morsels that you might actually be interested in, ahh, therein lies the challenge. Between the Moxie Fab World and Cath, etc., sometimes I just d

It's a Blogiversary Party in the Moxie Fab World--and You're Invited!
Thursday of this week will mark the blogiversary of the Moxie Fab World, the blog I host for Paper Crafts magazine. It's been one of the most fun projects I've ever worked on and I've made a ton of new friends in the journey. Maybe you're one of them. :) I'm still pinching myself when I think that I actually get p

The Gathering of Leaves
Strewn about the yard, the leaves that sprouted in early spring, created shade at the height of summer, and transformed magically as autumn ripened, await their burial. Dust to dust, earth to earth, it is a ceremony as full of ritual as any in my life. For is there any observance so pleasant as the gathering of the leaves...