I Can’t Want To!

When my brother Kris was little and our mom would ask him why he wasn’t doing something that she had asked him to do, his response was, “I can’t want to!” It became a joke in our family because even though it may sound like improper grammar, it actually makes sense. When you’re apathetic about […]

Major Life Influence #1: Being Raised Christadelphian

The first major influence on my life was the religion and associated culture that I was raised in. The group was called the Christadelphians. The name means Brethren in Christ. We also referred to it as The Truth. Here’s what my life was like growing up in that environment.

What Made Me Me (So Far)

Yesterday I asked for topic requests and Dennis suggested writing a post about the 5 major events that have shaped my life and why. What a cool idea! I immediately began thinking about which events or moments I would tell you about. What I came up with aren’t exactly events in the sense that there […]

10 Minute Write

In one of my high school English classes, the teacher often started class with a “10 Minute Write” based on something we had been reading or discussing at the time. These pieces of writing were never anything spectacular on their own but often served as a rough draft for something else. I loved having the […]

Two Years!

Today is EEC Chick’s Two-Year Anniversary! What a long, strange trip it’s been. Ok, not really. I have yet to exceed 100 posts. That’s rather sad. I had envisioned this blog becoming the next Dooce, except with less poop references. It’s probably a good thing I haven’t gone viral though – I don’t know if […]

10 Minutes in the Park

Dear blog readers, I crave writing so much that I had to sneak away from work for a few moments so I could be alone and quiet and indulge in this behavior. I don’t like living this way. When I was younger I pictured myself living a calm and quiet life as a writer/artist/gardner. I […]

Monday Afternoon Car Thoughts

Here I am at the park again. I didn’t get to return last week even though I wrote about how much I like taking breaks. I had a lunch meeting one day, worked through the next day and then went out to lunch another day. Last time I wrote I mentioned the books I was […]

Lunch Break Post

Coming at you live from my car! I gave myself 25 minutes on the timer to write a quick post. I really want to write more but it’s so easy to make excuses about not having enough time or whatever. Many of my coworkers insist on working right through lunch. They say they don’t have […]

Back to the Earth, I Feel It

Bonus points to anyone who can identify the song lyrics in the title. It’s been over a week since we had our family camping trip in Vermont, but I wanted to document the experience for myself and all my fans. (Hi Suzanne, Terri and Janet!) This post is going to be mostly pictures, because I took […]

Thoughts on Hand Transplants

I’m currently sitting at the Mazda dealership while my car gets it’s 5,000 mile service. It’s crazy that I’ve already driven that many miles, but it adds up quickly when you’re zoom-zooming around New England. The dealer just walked in after parking that red Miata and said “You could be driving that! You’d fit […]