I know I've made a couple whiney remarks about the end of summer, but really, I'm an autumn girl. I like crisp, cool weather; ti...

Since my "Book Report" post this week was pretty heavy on the music, I decided I'd revisit my one true YouTube love: Jo...

In front of Mom's house. As Monika said on Tuesday, we're all sort of in transition right now. I'm preparing to leave ...

If you're thinking  Bossypants isn't technically a biography, you are correct. But it does have biographical elements, and I s...

One definite perk of living just over the hills from Hollywood is that there are really neat landmarks everywhere you look! One of my f...

Halloween is quickly approaching and year after year I ask Ben if we can do a couples costume, and year after year we throw somethi...

Is there anything more terrifying than being trapped in a ghost hotel during the winter with an insane alcoholic author? Hmm, prob...

Confession: I was one of those teenagers who loved vampires. I went through Salem's Lot and the whole Interview With the V...

My first introduction to the Brontë's legacy was in high school when my favorite teacher proclaimed:   The Brontë girls were enti...

Yes, I've talked about  We Have Always Lived in the Castle   several times,  but I'm really feeling it lately. ...

Dreamboat, Billy Browne, and his cat, Rufus, have just entered my life in a major way. Thanks to Kat of    That Kind of Woman for makin...

Project for the week: studying this video and adding all these sweet moves to my repertoire.  via Willow Springs

Recently, Ben and I started seeing these little guys around town. Praying mantises! This is a new experience for me, and I'm super-...

via mint.com On the 24th of July, I sent Catherine a text that ran along these lines:  If we sisters were characters on The League...

When Dawn was visiting, we discovered that we had oh-so-many things in common. One unexpected delight was  that we both have an extreme...

I originally bought a wood burning tool to complete my heirloom recipe box project , but I realized that since I didn't know how t...

Rutherford Gibson mans the phones at IBKC fundraising headquarters. Photo by Laurie Cinotto This is just a little reminder about ...

I feel like us inundating you with about a million vacation pictures, most of which--let's be honest--will be from the two days we s...

via Harriet Gray The cuteness! The unbearable and unending cuteness! I just found out about these a couple days ago when Anabela of Fi...

A couple of kittens manning the phones at IBKC fundraising headquarters. Photo by Laurie Cinotto. It's that time of year again. Pe...