We went to a local pumpkin farm with the kids’ school on Friday.  One of the coolest things there was a corn maze:

We also got to take a hay ride to a field where the kids got to pick out pumpkins!

Here it is.  I got the recipe from a NY Times article from a couple years ago, and tweaked it a bit.  Its perfect.
Mix 1.5 cups bread flour, 1.5 cups whole wheat flour, 1/2 tsp yeast, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp vital wheat gluten, and 1 5/8 cups water in a bowl.  Cover with saran [...]

Today was a great day! We had our usual Tuesday (work and school, and I get to work out) and then we had parent-teacher conferences with the kids’ teachers.  They’re both doing very well and are adored by their teachers – yay!  Then after dinner I had to go to a PTA in Check so [...]

Today I had a pretty good day, the kids and I went with my parents to a book sale at a thrift store in Blacksburg and out to eat at a BBQ place there.  (By the way, if you ever get the chance, give Alabama white barbecue sauce a try.  Very different and very good!) [...]

So, what are some other movies that the last five minutes makes the whole movie worth it?  My list is: Burn After Reading and Lost in Translation.  Any others?  I know there must be others!
David and I are drinking and watching The Big Bang Theory.  (Did ya’ll know I’m married to Sheldon?!) Anyway, David just [...]

We went to the rally in Roanoke today!  It was wonderful, amazing, inspiring… I really can’t even describe it.
Here we are, waiting for it to begin:

And, the man of the hour:

I am so inspired by Obama.  There’s a lot I’d like to write about politics in general, but I’m not feeling really focused enough at [...]

After working hard to clear off the garden patch yesterday, this is what I started with today:

And this is what I ended up with:

Its a Tarry Town Labyrinth!  I love to walk labyrinths as a spiritual practice, and I wrote about how when we moved to Floyd it was one of my goals to put [...]