Why I Don’t Swear on my Blog
Swearing on a blog is like blog design. You notice when bad words and bad design are there, but you don't really notice if the words are all "good" or the design is good. Swearing and blog design are … [read more]
Duck Talk
Language amazes me, and animal language most of all. Doc scared up a family of ducks on the creek last night. And while I was calling him off, I couldn’t help but be enthralled with the obvious … [read more]
Border Collie-1, Tomatoes-0
I was sitting at my computer, hands curled around a steaming cup of coffee, mulling over creating something cool. I heard a clatter-bang-boom from my side porch. foreshadowing. duh-dun-dun Is it … [read more]
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Five days after I turned 27, my first start-up business closed its doors. A failed entrepreneur on my first try. I’ve dreamed of owning my own business since I was little. Funny how my start-up businesses never ended this way in those dreams. It’s natural I have the drive to be self-employed. It’s how I [...]
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May 13, 2012 By Erica 2 Comments
My mom has six children, five of them girls. She stayed up into the wee hours on Christmas mornings to finish sewing our presents. She stayed up late on summer nights canning garden produce. She painstakingly sewed tiny little beads onto prom dresses. This time next year when my youngest sister graduates high school, my [...]
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May 7, 2012 By Erica 1 Comment
I AM A FARMER! Okay. I’m not. Starting 12 tomato plants indoors is not farming (though the definition of what a real farmer is can be many different things), but I am growing things. There is something so darn cool about putting a tiny seed in some dirt, splashing water on it and watching it [...]
Blackberry Pancakes
May 5, 2012 By Erica 2 Comments
I love my mom’s pancake recipe. So versatile. So yummy. Sometimes I make whole wheat pancakes. Sometimes I toss in a little honey. This morning I used up the last part of a can of blackberries in a new twist on this pancake recipe. Fresh would have been even better! Just mix all these ingredients [...]
