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
- 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
- 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 - Adaobi { You had me at American Fried Rice and the picture, food glorious food...the rest was just an excellent bonus. } – May 18, 12:44 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
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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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- 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: July 2012
My Burning House
Years ago, I pondered this question: What objects would I grab from my burning house? The answer–my photos–was an unrealistic one in that I had many, many cumbersome albums. That led me to digitize and upload much of my collection. … Continue reading
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Fun with Photo Captions
Caption this photo Oh, to all those poor souls who are immortalized on the Internet… (myself included). I’ve been trying to write funny photo captions over at Leigh vs. Laundry, and I’ve even won a couple of times. The photos … Continue reading
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Nude Poses, the Beats, and William Shatner Reading Rocket Man
Pushing past the black cloth that blocked the room from the street, my friend and I clutched our sketch pads and entered the den of artists. The nude model was on a break and all the chairs were filled, so … Continue reading
Salmon in Parchment
This Daring Cooks challenge was hosted by Sarah from All Our Fingers in the Pie, who challenged us to cook en papillote, or in parchment. Even my picky eater loves both salmon and asparagus, so I chose these as the … Continue reading
Tweet This Thursday
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Bumps Along the Path to the Rugged Maniac
Update: My Rugged Maniac race report A woman who is more rugged than I am (Photo by Bob Jagendorf) And you know that you’re over the hill When your mind makes a promise that your body can’t fill – “Old … Continue reading
Meatless Monday from the Farm
For Meatless Monday, I made meals featuring vegetables and fruits from my CSA farm share. Each new share is giving me at least a few new ingredients to try out. Today I had blueberry oatmeal for breakfast, escarole with garbanzo … Continue reading



