Blog Post Thwarted

Sometimes the best intentions get derailed by technological glitches. My goal of writing my first substantive blog post in a little over one year, complete with gorgeous photos, has been temporarily halted. It’s the “complete with gorgeous...

Breathing Life Into An Abandoned Blog

My poor blog. Unused, out of date, lonely. What can I say? There’s no excuse for such treatment, outside of a to-do list where “blogging” consistently lands at the bottom. Which is unfortunate, because a blog is a voice. And voices are meant to be...
"Friending" Food

"Friending" Food

Like it or not, Facebook and all of its colloquialisms has woven its way into our vernacular. “Friending” is an especially ubiquitous FB term. Suddenly we’re “friending” and “unfriending” people left and right. Some friends we...
Half Marathon Euphoria

Half Marathon Euphoria

It almost seems like a lifetime ago, but in reality, just three weeks have passed since I ran the Chicago Half Marathon on September 11. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect (look at those blue skies), from packet pickup on Saturday to crossing the finish...