Posted by smgrady on June 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
I won’t be writing much this week. Summer’s cultural season is at full tilt (despite the inclement weather), so I’ll mostly be on the road. In case you’d like to get on board with some of Edinburgh’s exciting offering, here’s a selection of activities to try: <br> Leith Festival This gem runs all week, with … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on May 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Can I just stop a minute on this crazy whirligig we call life? Because there is something about which you should know. It is called Letters of Note. It is full of wonderful transcriptions and facsimiles of real letters sent by real people, but now published out in the digital ether for our enjoyment and … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on April 2, 2012 · 2 Comments
This weekly glossy is an Institution. Or rather, I imagine it is for those who live the life depicted in its pages. I once saw leather-bound editions dating to the 1920s in a house where they rent out the East Wing, and their wedding present was His and Hers ponds just beyond the garden maze … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on February 16, 2012 · 2 Comments
“easy as pie” they always say. As if. Pie, as it turns out, it no easier (or more difficult) than any other baking. I should know. I can make bagels and fry churros and bake the meanest cornbread you’ve ever eaten. But this year, I decided to attempt the unknown and bake a down-home, domesticated … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on February 4, 2012 · 1 Comment
Can I tell you something? I’ve never really been into shopping. Mall lighting makes me uncomfortable, and I’m too lazy to put on or take off my clothes more than once a day. Plus, it’s taken me 30 years to make peace with my ever-changing body. To flaunt it around or subject it to (even … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on January 24, 2012 · 1 Comment
I’m still getting used to the idea of 2012. You see, I’ve promised myself that so much will happen this year. It’s going to be mega. Intimidating even. So, on this dreary rainy morning I’m looking back. I can’t believe how much I did last year. No wonder I was so freaking tired. This brief … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on January 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Culture shock is an odd thing. Especially when travelling between places I know so well. Indeed, the places that have shaped me. Usually I come back thrilled to be somewhere so cultured. So liberal. I miss candy corn and graham crackers and thank my stars tv has so few commercials. This time? Not so much. … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on December 20, 2011 · 1 Comment
Hypothetically, if One woke up one dreary grey Tuesday morning to find life populated with heavy-duty cramps a messy house unfinished Christmas projects a pile of chores a looming work deadline and six eggs that were about to go off One could quite understandably take this last issue as the most pressing item on the … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on December 18, 2011 · 1 Comment
We’ve had a crazy few months. What with all the travel we’ve been doing and then spending our spare moments beavering away at Homemade Christmas. We’ve hardly had a minute to breathe. So, in an effort to reclaim our lives, last night was Date Night. No chores. No Christmas. No planning or futures or budgets. … Continue reading →
Posted by smgrady on December 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I have been remiss. I started this blog to ostensiby track my Thirty Things for Thirty Years project. I’m just over six months in, which by my reckoning means the sand in the hourglass has gone down by a third. I haven’t mentioned anything about this whole shebang in ages, what with international travel and … Continue reading →
Que Sera Sara? 