A squirrel eats from a discarded Nutella container outside of my dee-luxe apartment in the sky. I think I need to move out of my little hipster town.
A glass of Merlot, a soft quilt, and some stimulating words
It’s time for my most arousing and stimulating read of the year. I’m saving it for a night when WM comes home late…
Your Life Calling review
Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life by Jane Pauley My rating: 2 of 5 stars I saw Jane Pauley speak at the Pennsylvania Conference for Women and promptly put this book on my to-read list. It was…
Halloween: How to be Baby Spice when you're over 40
This year TNP decided that instead of an individual costume contest on Halloween, there would be departmental ones. The stakes, my friends, were upped. I was desperate for a first place win after last year’s practically less-than-perfect second place, so…
Happy Halloween from the Spice Girls!
We had a department Halloween contest at TNP. Baby Spice was an age stretch for me, but I think I did okay. My boots are made of white duct tape and construction paper wrapped around black shoes. The dress was…
Pennsylvania Conference for Women
I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Pennsylvania Conference for Women on October 16. TNP paid for all of their female employees to go which, as I type it out, is weird and sad for the men….


