About Marcy
I'm tackling a series of challenges, and I'm becoming less timid and squeamish in the process. I'm also writing my memoirs, one scene at a time. Come along for the ride. Read more.-
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"Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Recent Posts
- American Fried Rice and Mother’s Day Brunch
- Penelope, Persephone, and Imperfection
- A bucket of golf balls
- Timid No More eBook Trailer
- Simplicity
- Sneak Peak: Timid No More, an eBook
- Draw My Life, Please
- 10 Chapters in a Book About Me
- First World Problems
- Bad News Shop: Bases Loaded, Bottom of the Ninth
Recent Comments
- Cranky Old Man { I remember this, still good, and I'm still a wuss. } – May 24, 12:36 PM
- amandakendle (@amandakendle) { Eek!!! I'm a wimp, and wouldn't (couldn't?!) do this, but no judgement I reckon. They do look gorgeous! But I will stick with my slightly... } – May 24, 8:19 AM
- beverlydiehl { That breakfast reminds me of those old ads, "Lard - It's good for you!" Sadly, I think many American would not only order that, but... } – May 20, 7:10 PM
- cynkingfeeling { You did a much better job of capturing the spirit in motherhood with your brunch analogy than the hotel did in capturing our culture in... } – May 20, 9:41 AM
- shannon { The picture at the end gave me goose bumps. So lovely. } – May 18, 7:41 PM
- Daniel Nest { Awesome post, awesome kids, awesome breakfast! Trifecta of awesomeness. } – May 18, 2:16 PM
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My Favorites
- 47 Years of Great Rock: You Say It’s Your Birthday
- 50, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Push-up
- A noob gets pwned: Giving World of Warcraft a try at my children’s insistence
- Benign
- Guest post on traveling the world with children
- How to eat real food in 8 easy steps
- If You Give a Mom a Blog
- In the days of my youth… Listening to Led Zeppelin
- Internet Exile, Part Two
- It took me only 13 days to stop complaining for a week
- Just let go: Jump off a cliff
- Love in a Mixtape
- Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies in Cages with Tigers
- My First (and Second) Confession
- Peanut Zombies and Squeamish Vegans: My First Blogoversary
- Sleepers: 10 movies you’ve never seen, but should
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Categories
- 101 Things (87)
- Connecticut (28)
- Et Cetera (50)
- Fitness (18)
- Food (53)
- Life's Experiments (3)
- Music (12)
- Photography Challenge (16)
- Scene from a Memoir (24)
- Travel (23)
- Video (25)
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Slide, fall, struggle, repeat: My first snowboarding lesson
By the end of my first snowboarding lesson, I started to get a feel for turning, but my only way to stop was to fall. (I stopped a lot.) During the 90-minute lesson, I only managed to stay upright for … Continue reading
Three Meetups
A murky understanding of a high school physics lesson is how I tend to think about my couch-potatoness: An object at rest tends to stay at rest. So last month I gave myself a challenge to get out and do … Continue reading
Cornered on Bourbon and Canal
This is part of a series, “Scene from a memoir I haven’t written yet.” Please scroll to the bottom to see how to link up a post of your own. Cornered on Bourbon and Canal After driving from Connecticut for … Continue reading
Posted in Scene from a Memoir
Tagged blog hop, link party, Mardi Gras, memoir, New Orleans, Scene from a Memoir, writing prompt
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Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble
Update: Levon died on April 19, about two months after I saw this show. My thoughts are with Levon’s family and friends. Ashes of laughter The ghost is clear Why do the best things always disappear Like Ophelia Please darken … Continue reading
Posted in 101 Things, Music
Tagged 101 Things, Big Pink, Levon Helm, Midnight Ramble, rock
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If You Give a Mom a Blog
(For Mama Kat’s writing prompt, “If you give a mom a _____”… a post written in the style of the children’s If You Give a Mouse a Cookie books.) If you give a mom a blog, she’s going to … Continue reading
Kittens in a Drawer
This is part of a series, “Scene from a memoir I haven’t written yet.” Please scroll to the bottom to see how to link up a post of your own. Kittens in a Drawer I still remember that look on … Continue reading
Posted in Scene from a Memoir
Tagged blog hop, kittens, link party, memoir, Scene from a Memoir, writing prompt
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