This gratitude list was meant to be about my Marriage Certificate Trio visit—for which I am still obviously exceptionally grateful for—but this week contained so much more… How is it possible only 7 days have passed since the last Feel Good Friday? Last weekend was a marathon, epic Austin weekend (sans ANY visits to bars—hooray!).…
Nali is happy. I am happy. Content. At peace. San Antonio is awesome, I can’t wait to go back. Low-key July 4th was awesome. VB at Aussie’s was awesome. This weekend is going to be awesome. The Handmaid’s Tale is absolutely horrifying but captivating (I’ve been binge-watching on a free trial of hulu). The next…
As I settle into life in austin (again), 17 things I am grateful for: my dad – the most buckin’ awesome dad my brother – it’s amazing being back and getting to just hang out, climb, chill with our parents, whatever my mama – we know dis playing frisbee with nali (this nerf fris is…
Grounding. I’ve been back in Austin for just over a week now, and I’m so happy. I feel at ease, at home. My bug bites are healing, Nali is getting used to the heat, and I’m spending time around the lake as much as possible to try to make up for missing the ocean. Nurturing.…
*Except, ok, enough with the blue bell obsession. **Except, wait, I’ve lived away from the great state for 8 years and never realized … slime in the ice machine is a Texas thing?!
I will always be Texan, no matter where I live. My heart is with my home state. Houston is home to much of my family and many friends, and I was part of the group who tried—and failed—to evacuate during Hurricane Rita while I was in school at Rice. Watching Houstonians and Texans band together…
Or, my mom is awesome and one of those people who will actually email to ask questions. Paleo/Primalists can hush with their “98% is too lean!” bs before this post, because I agree and grass-fed beef fat is perfectly fine if not good for you, but my mom likes the super-duper lean kind and this…
The Texas Hill Country is named one of the “10 Best Wine Travel Destinations for 2014” by Wine Enthusiast magazine! The Texas Hill Country is one of only three regions from the United States (Sonoma and Walla Walla, WA are the other two) to make the list this year. In the past ten years, Texas…
My friend Cali is fond of asking, “What would your last meal on earth be?” I’m usually stumped, and when she answers her own question with something akin to my grandma’s homemade lasagna, I struggle even more—does my own grandma’s Heavenly Hash/Mississippi Mud cake count? But given time to think about it, I realized that my Death…
Last edited by Lyssa on September 22, 2012 at 7:07 pm: deracinate [dɪˈræsɪˌneɪt] vb (tr) 1. to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate 2. to remove, as from a natural environment [from Old French desraciner, from des- dis-1 + racine root, from Late Latin rādīcīna a little root, from Latin…