I haven’t touched on anything personal over the past couple of months, but am slowly warming up to the idea of writing again. To be honest, the break was nice. With the way my mind works, however, having a creative outlet is a must. I can’t promise weekly blog posts from here on out. I …
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Honored…
My very first blog award!! I'm not going to lie... this does stroke the ego just a teeny little bit. I have been blogging for... actually, it is exactly four months today! To be noticed by a talented writer such as Aaron from The Confusing Middle feels nothing short of amazing. Thank you Aaron, for the nomination for the Liebster …
Fire and Desire
** I have been attempting to persuade my incredibly talented friend to set up a blog for some time now. He is an amazing poet - his pieces are expressive and thought-provoking and deserve to be read/heard. He made me a deal... If I were to post one of his poems on my blog and he received 'any …
Oh Hap-BEE day!
What an amazing experience this afternoon! Today I had the pleasure of capturing and hiving my very first swarm of bees! This couldn't have come at a better time: on last inspection of H1, I had finally succumbed to the notion that they were in fact Queenless, and I was going to have to do another split. …
Let’s Get This Kombucha Started!
My little experiment has begun! Researching kombucha recipes online, I found that the suggested ratio is eight tea bags to one gallon of water, with one cup of sugar dissolved in. Of course, I can never leave well enough alone and had to tweak the recipe; in order to mask some of the vinegary taste, I prepped my kombucha last …
The Name Game
I feel like this blog is making a liar out of me. I post about our 19 chickens... all but nine of them are slaughtered. We buy four more.... now we have a baker's dozen. I never wrote about that. I wrote about my bees and how I accomplished a split that didn't go as …
You Might Be a Bad Supervisor If…
Yesterday was a very bad day at work. So bad in fact, that when I got home I ate a piece of cheese. A big piece. With a big glass of wine. Okay, a bottle of wine. My stomach is in knots today: the combination is playing hell on my normally dairy-free stomach. I’ve had …
Bobby Pins, Brad Nails, and Beer
My bees are stuck up. They can be described as nothing short of what my dad likes to call “Upper Pithington Smithe”. I provide a stable, sturdy hive for them to call home. I fill their hive boxes with symmetrical frames, and measure them during each inspection for perfect width and “bee space”. I even …
It’s Snowing Skin Flakes
On behalf of all dumbasses out there, I would like to accept this insignificant award of Dermatologist’s Worst Nightmare… I spent the past weekend with my mom down in Daytona Beach. Ready to soak up an extra dose of Vitamin D and get a nice little glow to my ashen white winter skin, I hit …
Step Right Up and Take the Grown-Up Quiz!!
One of my favorite blogs to read, My Friday Blog, recently had a Forward to the Past post that included a ‘Grown-Up Survey’. Truth is, I secretly miss those random quizzes too. The ones that let you mentally step away from your norm during the day, or wind down at night. The ones that let …
viCARIously Speaking 