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
- zoe { What a beautiful family! I loved this post! AMerican fried rice....ick. } – May 18, 2:05 PM
- nataliedeyoung { How beautiful, and how true.
And I laughed at the "American Fried Rice." } – May 18, 1:23 PM - paradisemomster { What a great analogy for motherhood! I was heavy in the Bitter Greens and Sweets this mother's day as well. Beautiful family! } – May 18, 11:59 AM
- Marcy { Thanks for reaching out, and welcome. I will check out the links. } – May 18, 8:53 AM
- Cumulus { I've hiked with Trish Herr (up Mt. Marcy, as is happens), and found this site through hers. I'm not sure what part of Connecticut you're... } – May 17, 8:55 PM
- Kashi { i seriously love that! what a super sweet family! } – May 16, 7:26 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: April 2012
Making homemade whole wheat pasta
I’ve crossed another thing off my list of 101 things in 1001 days: Make homemade pasta. Homemade whole wheat pasta with fresh tomato and basil sauce These are the steps I followed in the above pictures. Gather your ingredients for … Continue reading
Tuk-Tuk Hell, or Heaven
Tuk-Tuk Hell, or Heaven A description of hell from Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees: If you go visit hell, you will see a room like this kitchen. There is a pot of delicious stew on the table, with the most … Continue reading
Posted in Scene from a Memoir, Travel
Tagged memoir, Scene from a Memoir, Thailand, tuk-tuk, writing prompt
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Great Walks: Travel Bucket List
I am participating in Latin Abroad’s Travel Bucket List with three things I’ve done and three things I want to do. Travel Bucket Half-Full: Great Walks I’ve Done 1. Bryce Canyon, Utah I long to return to Bryce Canyon, the … Continue reading
47 Years of Great Rock: You Say It’s Your Birthday
Hop on a 13-minute journey through the history of rock and roll. Starting with the classic rock of the Who in 1965, you’ll hear hard rock, psychedelia, roots rock, Southern rock, funk, punk, new wave, a quick nod to disco, … Continue reading
Maple Grilled Eggplant Goat Cheese Tarts: A Daring Cooks Challenge
This Daring Cooks challenge hosted by Twenty-Fingered Cooking asked cooks to create a recipe that includes an ingredient from each list. List 1 (The Vegetable List): Parsnips, Eggplant (aubergine), Cauliflower List 2 (The “Strong Flavor” List): Balsamic Vinegar, Goat Cheese, Chipotle peppers … Continue reading
How to Respect Your Kid’s Intelligence and Ruin Easter All at the Same Time
How to Respect Your Kid’s Intelligence and Ruin Easter All at the Same Time Very early one Easter morning, my older son crawled into my warm bed with my husband and me. He was about four years old at the … Continue reading
Posted in Scene from a Memoir
Tagged Easter, link party, memoir, Scene from a Memoir, writing prompt
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