Our first pepper
Today the Nosy Parker family harvested the first pepper from our garden. We’ve never grown peppers before and we were worried these would turn out spicy rather than sweet, which […]
Burgers with Marti
The Nosy Parker family had a wonderful visit with our longtime dear friend Marti today. We spent much of the day catching up and eating — and we could have continued […]
Watching the Olympics
Today’s #OneGoodThing was watching the Olympics with Mama. It reminded me of watching the Olympics together when I was a kid. The swimmers and gymnasts are still our favorites. We […]
Glorious bed
The day started out nice and relaxing — like the calm before the storm. The afternoon was pure misery as my stomach twisted in knots and I did an involuntary […]
Wonder Woman gets laminated
At my confirmation (while I was in high school), all of the parents donated family photos for these collages of our childhoods. After 18 years, mine was showing some wear so […]
Lovely lemon verbena soap
On a recent trip to our local farmers market, the Nosy Parker family discovered a woman making incredible soaps. She gave us a sample and we fell in love with […]
A new yummy snack
When I talked with my bestie Angelina recently, she was kvelling about these great digestive cookies. For the first time today, I noticed several kinds of them in the store (tucked […]
Resting
Besides a trip to the pharmacy and physical therapy, I spent much of today resting and recovering. It can be difficult to overcome feeling unproductive, but this was exactly what […]
Flooded with relief
A massively stressful issue that was weighing on our family for a long time was resolved today, and we are flooded with relief. Today’s #OneGoodThing was relief at this resolution. […]
Homemade white sweet potato fries
The Nosy Parker family made sweet potato fries today and they were delicious! We used Japanese white sweet potatoes (reddish purple outside, white insides), and we broiled the slices in […]
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