Yesterday, was yet another bitterly cold Chicago day. To survive the cold I didn’t leave my bed and worked from home for the day. Of course Mr. Ziggs was the happiest of happy cats. He decided that he would graciously … Continue reading
Time to get back up on that bicycle. It’s a new year and I want to reflect on how far I’ve come since the beginning of last year. Life is progress and I believe progress is measured in the completion … Continue reading
We can all feel it. The weight of expectations, those from our friends, our jobs and the heaviest of all, from ourselves. The need to do more, be more, keep up in this crazy world. How do you find … Continue reading
I am dreaming of days where scarfs and jackets will be necessary again. Until then I am finding inspiration in a few great sales going on to revamp my wardrobe for fall and of course scouting out some great recipes … Continue reading
Have you ever had an adventure in your own backyard. The kind of ones you used to have as a child where a little pond was home to fairies and the piles of grass were forts in the rainforest? … Continue reading
–Thoreau
Here is what i am listening to tonight. When I listen to blues music I can close my eyes and feel myself back home in Wisconsin; sitting in the grass around a fire on a summer night breathing in cold air and listening to the music drifting over from the band playing at our summer parties.
I reached a tipping point a few weeks ago, where the world seemed a little too much for me. Too stressful, too busy, too much comparison against my friends and against myself on where “I should be”. I found that … Continue reading
the Dappled Grey 