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Maryland weather

For those in the know ... Maryland comes through once again! A cold snow day last Friday (on top of some snow earlier last week), followed by some Verrrrry Brrrrrrrr Days. Then, yesterday, that thing happened:…

Gooey goodness

My, my, my!   In my attempts to make some jalapeño simple syrup (which I've made before and is quite easy to make), I had put some sugar, water and jalapeños on…

Safe!

In 2013, I took the advice of someone I'd met on Facebook and had known but a few weeks (Charlie), and I went out to Burning Man a week early for what is…

Drooling

The amount of time I spend salivating over the various color options for Pentel's Energel pens is something! I love the teal, the burgundy and the steel blue. I love the purple and…

Beyond random

Recently, I was over at my mom's place for dinner. We were chatting about this and that. (Admittedly, I've been plying her, of late, for more details about her childhood and younger years…

In from the cold

It's snowing outside. Little specks and flecks. Not much volume or thickness, but it's snow, and it's pretty outside, and it's the MLK holiday, to boot, and, well, I wanted to go outside…

Scammed

I fell for a scam yesterday. I realized I'd done so minutes after it happened, contacted PayPal right away, and they refunded my money. The scam was promoted in an ad on Facebook. It's a…