Yesterday a good friend came over to plant some herbs together. This sounds like a good idea if all you read is that sentence. But I will add the details. She has a 9 month old and a 2 year old. I’ve got a 5, 2, and 1 year old. It was also 29 degrees …

I have a new handbag. Or purse I guess you would call it. Somehow typing “I have a new purse” sounded more like something my late grandmother would say, great as she was. “I have a new handbag” sounds very Soho to me. So, I have a new handbag. It’s made from cotton and jute. …

I was watching the news today. Not exactly my first choice for television but I was in my basement riding my bike and there is a TV down there that only gets the normal channels. The once magnificent but now completely vanilla, old school channels that I grew up with before cable. The basic network …

I think that the recycling bin is rolling around on the deck. It is very windy outside and I hear an occasional thud followed by a roll and then a thump. Then all is quiet until another gust of wind picks up and then the whole sequence starts again. Of course I am way to …

I’m sitting on the couch in my sister’s house at the moment. Which may seem completely insiginificant to most people but let me start by saying that my sister lives in Jackson, Wyoming. To be more precise, she lives on Colter Bay, on Jackson Lake, right inside the heart of Grand Teton National Park. So …

I have a kink in my neck. Actually, I should not say that since I don’t know what exactly a kink is, people just always say that when their neck hurts and I woke up this morning with my neck hurting. A kink in the olde neck. I am embarrassed to say how I originally …

Today was the third nice day in a row here in Chicago. You would think we’d all been handed a million dollars or at least a free Snickers Bar. Everyone is outside and we are all trying to make up for a six month sentence indoors. Since we just moved into a new place this …

I have a juicer. Got it a few years ago for Christmas. I love it. Love the idea of it actually. The reality of it is that this bulky appliance hides in the cabinet with the other stuff we rarely use. Like the fondue pot and the waffle maker. But I love that I have …

Spring of course is in the air (unless you are blessed enough to live someplace warm where it is always in the air). But here in Chicago and throughout all the snowy winter states, March means warmth. It’s the time of year when as soon as the thermometer hits 50 we pull out flip flops …

Now of course we all know that there are so many big things we can do for our planet. Drive smarter, use less water, focus on saving energy at home, petition our local officials to enact better policies etc. Going after the biggest changes is of course one wise green course of action. But then …