RACHEL'S RUMINATIONS!

Sometimes you just have to write…

I did it!

The more I write, the better it flows, and the less I have to rewrite and rephrase.

August 31, 2013 · Leave a comment

Fashion is unfair

Girls are the ones who are most critical of their own appearance, yet they’re the ones we pressure into wearing clothing that exposes every possible blemish, bump, tiny spot of cellulite, pimple…

August 30, 2013 · Leave a comment

7 things my son says

Getting any information from him is like pulling teeth.

August 29, 2013 · 10 Comments

Tinkerbell (without the wings) in my head

… this little voice (I picture a Tinkerbell-sized woman, but without the wings.) was talking non-stop ..

August 28, 2013 · Leave a comment

Blackberry-Apple Jam, oh my!

Every year at this time, I do a brief imitation of a domestic goddess: one of those people who can cook well and enjoy it. I’m not talking about cooking … Continue reading

August 27, 2013 · Leave a comment

What to wear?

Try asking either my husband or son for clothing advice!

August 26, 2013 · Leave a comment

Car fatigue

Driving may not count as a cardio-vascular workout, or really any sort of workout, but it does take constant focus and concentration.

August 25, 2013 · Leave a comment

When graffiti is okay

Let’s look at a particular type of graffiti: the kind that names the person writing it, often accompanied by a date.

August 24, 2013 · 2 Comments

Forbidden spaces

  What intrigues me almost as much as the chateaux we’ve been visiting, is what we usually haven’t seen.  The rooms that are all done up for the tourists, dressed … Continue reading

August 23, 2013 · Leave a comment

Picture perfect?

I have an uncanny gift for blinking or looking plain weird just as the picture is taken

August 22, 2013 · Leave a comment