Every weekday morning, I’m up at 5:30, and leaving the house for work around 6:10 or so. Now that we’ve fallen back for daylight savings – or the end of daylight savings, or whatever that really is – it’s dark when I leave the house. My workday ends at 3:30,  and already it’s getting dark.…

It’s that time of year again – the first of the Holiday Art Fairs.  For the next two days, I’ll be sitting in a room full of artists, people-watching (one of my favorite hobbies) and selling my wares to shoppers while listening to the same Christmas CD played over and over and over and over…

Last month, my sister and I went together and — without selling either of our cars — bought a used SUV.  It was really affordable, seeing as how we were splitting the payment and insurance right down the middle.  We’d grown weary of constantly borrowing our mother’s Jeep whenever we purchased something large or oddly…

So last weekend, I attended my first Northwest Tea Festival, a yearly tea convention/festival that has now become my favorite annual event. My only regret is that this was the third year, and I’d only just now learned of it ! For tea lovers, this was Nirvana  – there were tastings, classes, vendors, and all…