Mary's Ramble

It's Towel Day once again and I nearly forgot, which would have been a shame since I got this nifty new towel for Mothers Day.  ...

This cracks me up: via  Twitter

Random, anonymous cookies in the student lounge.  I'm just going to tell myself they're booby-trapped and move along. ...

Some of you may know about my purse addiction obsession habit collection. I've mostly given up buying purses in the pursuit of creati...

LilGirl shared this video with me so I thought I'd pass it on (aren't I nice?).   (I think she only watched it...oh, 500 tim...

This is a very interesting apartment: Watch "The most unique apartment in all of New York City - OffBeat Spaces Video" on...

I loved reading this today. "It's very important to notice when there's enough. We often have a habit of scarcity, even in tim...

I've seen quite a few fun Valentines over the last few days, so I thought I'd round up some of my favorites here: Wesley Crush...

Very interesting bit about the Oxford English Dictionary from today's  Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor : "The longes...

Today is hubby's birthday, and he loves chocolate chip cookies, so tonight I tried this recipe to make him a special dessert: a choc...

I watched this over my lunch break today. I think Mitch Resnick says a lot of important things in here. People do seem to have the impressio...

Lizzie & Darcy on their 200th anniversary. :) Source: martinacecilia.deviantart.com via Vic (Jane Austen's World) on Pint...

Pride and Prejudice was published January 28, 1813 and the world has been reading it non-stop ever since. It's one of the few books I h...

Writer's Almanac mentioned Frank Conroy today and included this bit: He once scolded a student for using irrelevant details in her...

A Wannabe Writer or a Wannabe World Traveler? : Pantsing works. Outlining works. Whichever method feeds your need, write, write, wri...

(if you're old enough to remember that song, you're welcome for the earworm) It seems my rosebush has decided to put out one ...

So weird. Why does 92 days sound so short but 12 weeks sounds do-able? A bit from " 92 days til’ 13" at Jon Acuff's Blog , w...

Google has a cute animated doodle for their 14th birthday today. On one hand, it's hard to believe Google's only been around 1...

A couple highlighted passages on trying new things (and those who don't try), from a post I read over the weekend: "They c...

Warner Bros via Hero Complex Happy Birthday to Bilbo & Frodo ! It's TolkienWeek , so there are no shortage of pics & clips f...