A couple of weeks ago, I found some money tucked into the back pocket of some jeans I had just bought at a thrift store. Forty-two dollars, to be exact. Not a huge amount of money, I realize, but still a good addition to my weekly budgeted amount of cash. I sat and stared at the money for a while, thinking about all the things…

Tuesday morning, Sarah and I made a last-minute decision to take a spring break road trip to Chesapeake, VA which is our nearest large-ish city. When you live in a small town, it’s always inordinately exciting to go some place that’s bigger.…

Do you see this gal?  I like her quite a lot.…

Last Tuesday was Bring a Parent To School Day at Manteo High School. I attended in the morning and Steve in the afternoon.  The morning’s line up included Advanced Placement English which made me exceedingly happy since as you probably know by now, I’m a big time word gal.  It was fascinating to listen to the teacher talk about all manner of literary devices like…