This car is our escape tonight

“I feel like a tent that wants to be a kite, tugging at my stakes.” -Rich Thomas, A Three Dog Life
I can never hang around the house for too long. I get this nagging feeling that the world is just pulsing with potential life, waiting to be lived, and all I have to do is [...]

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Bananas beget baby boys???

Do bananas beget baby boys? I doubt it…but apparently it’s newsworthy enough to merit a story on NPR.
A British study suggests that what a woman eats while she’s pregnant might affect the gender of the baby. The study, You are what your mother eats, claims it found that women who ate lots of breakfast cereal, [...]

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Singin’ (and hiking) in the Rain

Today was wonderful- exactly what a vacation day should be.
St. Peters is unseasonably warm for a few days, so Michael and I were itching to do some hiking. Last night we agreed to rendezvous at his parents’ house in Defiance at 10:30 today to hit Klondike Park. Of course, it decided to rain today, but [...]

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Home again, home again, jiggity jig

Bianca and I are back in St. Peters once again. It’s nice to be home, even though these days Columbia gives St. Peters a run for its money in feeling like where I most belong. I drove in Thursday night through hard rain and thick fog after unsuccessfully attempting to help Emily replace the battery [...]

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Compost on the counter

There it sits on my kitchen counter in all its nastiness- the compost bag. Triumphing over wastefulness in one corner of the world. Feeding the soil with nutrients. Festering in a ziplock bag. It was my housemate’s idea, an upgrade from the paper towel lined compost bowl (sealed with a lid and tucked safely beneath [...]

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Squirrel Melts?

WARNING: Vegetarians, PETA members, squirrel lovers, and people with weak stomachs probably should NOT watch this video. Not very graphic by today’s standards, but probably emotionally disturbing to some.

Ah, squirrel melts! “He’s kinda cute. Put his little tender butt in there.” We must surely acknowledge that the lady and the music [...]

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Cheap Eats

Warning! If you want tips for high quality dining, you should consider looking elsewhere. May I recommend the Food Network?
No doubt about it, Food Network offers up some pretty tasty tips and mouth-watering recipes. Unfortunately, not all of us can afford to feast like kings. At least not on a day-to-day basis. Perhaps one of [...]

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