Category Archives: Charlottesville
We’re Taking this Marriage Out and Getting it Ripped
My husband: “Our marriage is old enough to drink.” That’s right — today we’re celebrating 21 years of wedded bliss. We bought ourselves a Sleep Number bed to commemorate the occasion. It’s a California King, a sizable upgrade from the … Continue reading
Kayakgate: The Next Chapter
Some of you have followed the news that our kayak was stolen from our home several weeks ago. Subsequently, my Twitter followers helped locate it at the local Play it Again Sports. We verified ownership by producing a receipt for … Continue reading
I Won the Carter Mountain Orchard Peach Contest
With the Peaches and Cream pie.
Kayak Stolen in Charlottesville; Twitter Network Locates
Sometime late last week, someone (or more likely two someones), came into our gated back yard uninvited, and left with our kayak. My husband called me to ask if I’d lent the kayak to a friend, an unlikely but possible … Continue reading
Five Lessons I’ve Learned from Pie
1. Patience. At the Madison County Fair last weekend, a man named Maurice Weaver won the peach pie competition. (I didn’t enter). From the article . . . The secret to a prize-winning pie? Patience. “I really took my time,” … Continue reading
