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I’m sad to announce that there has been a death in my little potted garden family. My cucumber, which survived drought and then flourished quite nicely, succumbed to the monsoon we had the previous weekend. Poor cuke got a little too waterlogged in it’s pot and despite my efforts (that were just shy of taking [...]
This weekend was a stark contrast to last weekend; last weekend I felt lonely, restless and I might have cried a couple times, while this weekend was utter perfection. My brother was in town and luckily on Friday night he bought a truck, the purpose of his trip out here. It had taken up most [...]
Happy Friday! Has anyone else found this week to be exceptionally long? It hasn’t dragged, I haven’t been staring at the clock but this week has been LONG. I’ve had happy hours with friends (including Liz who just moved to Colorado!), busy days at work and on Wednesday my little brother, who has been in [...]
Until I was thirty, I only dated boys, as far as I can tell. I’ll tell you why. Men scared the shit out of me. Men know what they want. Men make concrete plans. Men own alarm clocks. Men sleep on a mattress that isn’t on the floor. Men tip generously. Men buy new shampoo [...]
Ever since I started Ashalah and announced to the world that this was me and this was my blog, I have gotten a little lost. It used to be easy to pour my heart out when I was hiding behind the mask of anonymity. No one knew who I was so being vulnerable was easy [...]
Every once in a while I will have a Saturday night (or a Friday, or a Wednesday) where the smallest thing will set me off for no reason. I’m talking full on waterworks, sometimes even an ugly cry. Saturday was one of those days. I had big plans to BBQ up some roasted red peppers [...]
Happy birthday, America! America isn’t the only one celebrating a birthday this week and I spent the past weekend in St. Simon’s Island celebrating my friend Jen’s 30th. I will talk about this trip in more detail on The Wanderscapes but let’s just say it was exactly what I needed at this very moment. I [...]
I’m back to being single and that means I have my weekends back to myself. I was actually dreading this weekend since it was the first one that I was spending completely alone in the past few months but I was pleasantly surprised at the outcome. Because really, when am I ever really alone? Friday [...]
Today I’m participating in Wine and Love, where we review our week and say what we loved and what caused us to reach for our wine glasses. If you’d like to join us, you can link up through Suki, of Super Duper Fantastic! What has me reaching for my wine glass… B and I ended [...]
It’s hard to believe that it’s Monday already and another weekend has passed me by. This past weekend I went to my first blogging conference, TBEX, or Travel Bloggers Exchange. It only took me five years of blogging, two of which I have spent in stubborn not wanting to grow with the current blogging trends [...]
