Dear Reader, I may have been a bit dramatic about the weather, it warmed up significantly in the last two weeks, we have even had some days in the eighties. I made it a point to not complain about it being warmer, though, because I know there will be days in the winter when I … Continue reading Getting a Start in Life
Dear Reader, It seems that when you are young, the world is huge and endless. Endless knowledge, endless lands to explore, and endless people to meet. But there comes a time in your twenties where you slowly realize that even though you may never visit every corner of the earth, meet every person that there … Continue reading Just Someone’s Hometown
Dear Reader, When they say that a lot can change in a year, they are right. It’s not that I have never believed in this saying, I just never imagined how true it is. The me from last September was pleasantly on the edge of change that she had been wanting for a long time. … Continue reading Changing Leaves
Dear Reader, You probably think that I hated working in the office, and in a sense I did. I hated the way fluorescent lighting combined with a/c made this sterile and soulless environment, and that the only nature I saw was the screen saver when I first logged into my computer. But that doesn’t mean … Continue reading What I learned in the Office
Dear Reader, I am living the life that I desperately prayed for when I was in college and working in the office. Even just a year ago, it seemed unattainable, or at least a far-off dream that I wouldn’t get to live out until my forties. I think that one of the reasons that my … Continue reading Picking Mounts
Dear Reader, I used to think that my life was boring and would make up adventures in my head as child about being an orphan and building a house in the woods to survive. When we were little our favorite game to play with our cousins always involved some form of running away from “the … Continue reading The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Dear Reader, I can feel summer slowly creeping away in the last week. In Florida I would have been thrilled, but here in South Dakota, even though it has been so hot, I find myself clinging a little bit to summer because I know that winter is coming and it lasts longer here than summer … Continue reading Cooking…
Dear Reader, I think I have made it over the hump of home sickness and have settled into the reality of my new life. I think even if I did move back to Florida, my heart would not be satisfied because I am really homesick for a reality that doesn’t exist anymore, not necessarily a … Continue reading Red, White, and Rodeo
Dear Reader, I didn’t think that it was possible for a place to be so cold and then become so hot. Yesterday the thermometer on the car said 105 Fahrenheit. Thankfully we got our A/C fixed the week before it got really hot. In a way the heat here is easier to deal with without … Continue reading Just Summer
Dear Reader, I have been in South Dakota for 2 months. When you first move to a new place you are only thinking about the new and exciting things. You think that you have left your old life behind and you have an entirely new personality. New habits, new friends and new adventures. But at … Continue reading New Places and Faces
