We are not going to Jamaica, but this prompt made me think of my 14th annual Girls’ Weekend next year, when for the first time ever, we won’t be taking the cheapest possible route of getting a cabin in the Appalachians. We’re doing something big. We’re booking an all-inclusive resort package so we can go … Continue reading Going to Jamaica
When I was bored as a child, and my mom kicked me out of the house, I would go outside and search for roly polies. On the tiny island where we lived, they weren’t easy to find. When we camp, or when we traveled to my grandparents’ house in the country, they seemed to be … Continue reading Roly Polies
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Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, they report back on the exciting things they do when not in front of a computer. Last week, Happiness Engineers Marjorie R. Asturias and Andrea Badgley attended the fifth annual Wine Tourism… Continue reading Field Notes: Wine Tourism Conference 2015
I miss editing. Don’t get me wrong — I love dedicating ten minutes each day to writing. But I do miss digging deep into a rough piece to shine and polish and make it sparkle. I miss getting lost in deleting clauses, adding concrete nouns, removing adverbs, replacing flaccid verbs with active ones. I submitted … Continue reading I want to edit
Brining turkey is all the rage these days. Funny I should pull this prompt right before Thanksgiving. I admit, there is a reason brined turkey is all the rage. Brined turkey is delicious. It is moist, it is perfectly seasoned. Brine is one of my favorite words, and it’s not because of turkey. Brine is … Continue reading Brine
I’ve always wondered about this expression, tongue-in-cheek. It’s a face someone makes when he thinks he’s been clever, to put the tip of the tongue in the cheek, between your molars, like you’re cleaning your teeth. I wonder why we do that. It seems to be an involuntary gesture. I think people do it unintentionally. … Continue reading Tongue-in-cheek
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