At our house, that’s what we called a manual transmission — a standard. As in, the norm. As in, get used to working for everything.
My first car was a stick, so was Continue reading
Learning to Drive a Standard.
where are my car keys?
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The high fantasy of neatness.
I hoped this book would be like a true-life Downton Abbey, perhaps more focused on Mr. Carson, stories about being a butler with a few ideas for keeping a tidy house. Turns out The Butler’s Guide to Running the Home and Other Graces is nearly cover-to-cover Continue reading
The Life-Changing Magic of Giving Up.
I saw it through the kitchen window, one of the patio chairs face down in our now frozen pond, its four legs in the air. The suburbanite in me cringed, but the writer in me hopped and clapped.
Looky looky! The furniture is doing yoga! Continue reading