I’ll be honest. I kind of love making New Year’s resolutions. It’s probably because I love to make plans and start projects and hey, it’s always good to remind myself that the only one who can change my life is me.

At the same time, I like to call them goals instead of resolutions. Resolutions seem [...]

I’ve mentioned before that I really like fall. One of the reasons has come to be the amazing event that is National Novel Writing Month. This year marks my seventh year of participation in the crazy month of writing.

Although I make feeble attempts at fiction writing throughout the year, the bulk of my creative writing [...]

The September 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Steph of A Whisk and a Spoon. She chose the French treat, Vols-au-Vent based on the Puff Pastry recipe by Michel Richard from the cookbook Baking With Julia by Dorie Greenspan.

I kept seeing blogs that would talk about The Daring Kitchen, and how awesome it was, [...]

Remember when, last month, I was whining about wanting to go to San Francisco for two different events on two different weekends?

Somehow, I get to go.

Right now I’m reading The Alchemist, and the timing couldn’t be better. I don’t want to give anything away because it’s a great book (and short) but it’s about destiny [...]