Posted on August 19, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs Some people cook every recipe in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking and then blog about it. Others write whole books about reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica in their quest to “become the smartest person in the world.” Me, I just wanted to lay around in a hammock. So I […]
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Tags: Brene Brown, Godforsaken Idaho, Got a Girl, hoopla, Isa Does It, Our Idiot Brother, Pure Vegan, Shawn Vestal, stunt nonfiction, Xanadu
Posted on August 14, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Jane Baker It was a snowy day just before Christmas; on the slick drive home from the Spokane Humane Society, I passed an overturned Ford Bronco and my knuckles whitened as I gripped the steering wheel. It was so appropriate that I wanted to name the little pale pup in the cardboard box next […]
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Tags: Brian Hare, Cesar Millan, dog training, dogs, pets, Spokane Humane Society, Vanessa Woods
Posted on August 13, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Kelsey Hudson While I’m always up for baking some complicated recipe, when it comes to cooking, I keep it as simple as possible. I like it best when recipes come together quickly (and without too much mess), and can be used in a few different ways. For that reason, I’m happy to share my recipe for […]
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Tags: blender, cooking, food, recipes, salsa, soup
Posted on August 7, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Gwendolyn Haley After reading Called Again, I was really eager to have a conversation with the author, Jennifer Pharr Davis. I caught up with Jennifer by phone as she, her husband Brew, and 20-month-old daughter, travel all 50 states on a book tour, and hike whenever they can. You set off on your first […]
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Tags: Appalachian Trail, Called Again, college students, hiking, Jennifer Pharr Davis, kids, marriage, q&a
Posted on August 5, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Cara Strickland I’ve spent a sizable amount of my life in the fictional pages of my favorite books. Sometimes, with all of this reading, I wonder if I’ll ever have time to meet anyone I might like to go to dinner with. I’ve managed to climb out of the pages every once in a […]
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Tags: Calvin and Hobbes, dating, Dorothy L. Sayers, Emma, fiction, George Weasley, Harry Potter, Heist Society, Jane Austen, John Watson, Lord Peter Wimsey, Mr. Knightley, relationships, Sherlock Holmes
Posted on July 31, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Kim Harshberger I would like to take a minute to talk to you about jam. My love affair with jam is long lived. Jam was one of the many things my grandmother canned. I remember her pulling a quilted jar from her basement stash, bringing it upstairs, and pulling off the layer of wax […]
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Tags: canning, cooking, family, food, jam, memory
Posted on July 30, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs I’ve made, and received, a lot of mixtapes over the years. The early ones were literally tapes; hand-labeled cassettes painstakingly recorded in front of the radio and full of an 11-year old’s dubious taste (Electric Light Orchestra, Donna Summer). As technology evolved, so did my mixes and I blew through stacks of […]
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Tags: mix tape, mixtape, music, Pandora, playlists, Spotify
Posted on July 29, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Jane Baker Other than the trail being uphill and I being a bit out-of-shape, I had stepped into a screen saver, surrounded by a lush green forest and the spring run-off rushing down the stream providing the perfect soundtrack for the splendid setting. My legs were beginning to ache as it seemed like I […]
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Tags: Alan Bauer, Craig Romano, dogs, exercise, hiking, pets, Rich Landers, work/life balance
Posted on July 24, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Aileen Luppert I attended a job training a few weeks ago. After three days of intense conversations and reflections, I was exhausted, but optimistic about how to apply all the lessons learned. Many of the people in the room (including me) seemed to sense the enormity of what might be ahead and we went […]
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Tags: professional development, rejuvenation, relaxation, self-care, work, work/life balance
Posted on July 23, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Kelsey Hudson So much science fiction to enjoy this summer and so little time! It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I grew up on science fiction films, books, and television. I watched Star Wars along with Full House and read my dad’s old Star Trek paperbacks between Babysitter’s Club books. It […]
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Tags: Dr. Who, Extant, Guardians of the Galaxy, Sarah Beth Durst, sci fi, The Lost
