Admittedly, I stole my blog title today from a book I read recently (a quite fabulous book, if you like Greek mythology and romance). But Spring arrived yesterday with her fair face and sunny smile, and I can feel everything waking up around me.Most excellent.

I'm definitely old. Ha!It's Friday night and I'm watching a Tyler Perry movie while (drum roll...) organizing my email/contacts list and prepping a class for Monday night.Yeah. I'm old...and the fantastic part is I don't mind it at all. I had a productive week house-wise, applied for some fun job prospects, heard nothing from any… Continue reading Friday Night Fun

So two Hollywood stars died this week: Corey Haim and Merlin Olson. I'll not comment on yet another idiotly troubled child actor who coked his life away and, surprise surprise, seems to have died from a lethal mix of OTC and prescription drugs.Mr. Garvey, however...Who, you say? Well, if you're not a die-hard NFL fan… Continue reading RIP Mr. Garvey

I'm nearly done with week four of unemployment. I haven't been this utterly happy with my life overall since my wedding/honeymoon (before I was burnt out on corporate work).I'll fully admit I took a long time to let the creative juices back in: that first week I was extra stressed until I figured out how… Continue reading The Pursuit of Joy

It's that time of year when the dark creeps in early and hangs out long into the morning, and the grey days of snowstorms and cold are especially oppressive. Winter solstice has come and gone this week, and on its heels one of the worst December snowstorms in quite some time over Christmas. It's been… Continue reading Christmas Extravaganza

Sunday is the last night for 2009 NaNoWriMo, and I've utterly failed. I only wrote about 8,500 words this month: between wedding shenanigans and work it just didn't happen.We've both been monumentally cranky and out-of-sorts lately: job stresses are pushing us both to the limit of patience. He has a better chance of finding something… Continue reading Life-1, NaNoWriMo – 0