Saturday I attended my first author fair, not quite knowing what to expect. Was it worth the trip? Hmmm…
Rumors of a Past Life
It’s crazy, isn’t it? That it’s already April? One fourth of the year is gone, never to come again. We leave behind the snow (for the most part) and the cold (comparatively) and as we look forward we think of what we’ll be doing this summer. Yet there are things to remind us of what is past. There are still piles of melting snow at the edge of parking lots. Still plenty of evidence of the season we’ve just left when you look around the yard.
I was recently reminded of a time past, when an old name floated from someone’s lips…
Contemplating Spring
It looks like we’re in for a real spring this year. And I am once more taking up my plans for the back yard…
On the Depressing State of the Small Town Parade
Quaint small towns with cute downtowns ought to have the best little parades around. But, as I recently discovered, this is not always the case…
Mispronounciations
Sometimes, you get a word *almost* right. Sometimes, you just get it wrong.
New Obsessions and Old Houses
We have reached the last week — the last few days! — of February. Our family has spent all 25 days of it down to one car because…
We may be able to remedy that today.
In the meantime, I’ve been podcasting, but last week I forgot to let you know about it! So here’s what you missed last week — my somewhat sheepish confession that I’m just a little bit obsessed with James McAvoy…
And here’s this week’s episode, about some of the surprises old houses hold for their new owners…
I hope you enjoy them. I also hope that the rest of February passes painlessly by for you. And if you’re a praying person, do say one for us that we get a car today. Much obliged.
Manners
It occurred to me some time ago that my everyday-going-about-lifeness would be more pleasant if my parents had done a worse job teaching me good manners. Because then I wouldn’t notice when other people were rude.
That’s what this is about.
Polar Vortex Redux
It’s finally winter. Really and truly winter. We’ve gotten around 6 inches of snow today in Lansing, Michigan, give or take, and expect a little more tomorrow. Starting Tuesday night and running through Thursday morning we are set to have wind chills down to around 40 below zero, with some Midwest cities likely to be colder than Antarctica and frostbite possible on exposed skin in as little as 5-10 minutes.
So yeah. Winter finally made an appearance.
You know what else was late in coming? Last week’s episode of Your Face Is Crooked. I blame it on tech issues, followed by severe illness for a couple days, and then the need to recover and catch-up on work and home stuff. Oh, and throw in another book event as well!
At any rate, just like winter arrived today, so has the next episode, in which I am made to look the fool because I didn’t know anything about alcohol until I was in my late thirties.
Enjoy!
This Inexplicable Planet
There’s a lot about this world I don’t understand…
Click the graphic above (or right here, if you’d rather) and I’ll tell you about a few of them.
Imagining What the Future Holds
This past week I’ve embarked on a new chapter in my life, that of published author.
It makes one start to imagine what the future may have in store…
Erin Bartels 
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