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
Celebrate your courage; send me a postcard.
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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: October 2012
Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce, a Cooking Video
In this video tutorial, I show you how I prepare one of my favorite fall recipes. Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce with Whole Wheat Penne Recipe Ingredients: 1 large butternut squash (divided in half) 1 pint grape tomatoes 3 cloves garlic … Continue reading
Zombie Makeover: A Behind the Scenes Look
Welcome to a behind the scenes look of my zombie makeover. You can read about my day as a zombie here: Apocalypse Soon: I Became a Zombie at the Doomsday Fair. Zombie makeover before and after My Zombie Makeover Before … Continue reading
Life’s Experiments: Postcards from Outside Your Comfort Zone {#1}
{In this new series, readers send in postcards from outside their comfort zones. Celebrate your courage: Send me a postcard.} By David, my son, age 15 (Read the story behind my son’s submission of this postcard.) Gallery of Postcards Whose … Continue reading
Apocalypse Soon: I Became a Zombie at the Doomsday Fair
Ah, autumn fairs in New England. The leaves are turning, the air is crisp, the zombies are searching for brains. We were at the Doomsday Fair, and the timing was eerie. Hurricane Sandy headed for Connecticut, and local news stations … Continue reading
Mama Said
#DPSINCOMPLETE For Mama Kat’s writing prompt: “Write a list of 10 things you have said to your kids that other moms might not say.” Don’t call me a noob. What do you mean, you don’t want to try it? It’s … Continue reading
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Punked: The story behind my first postcard
Here’s the story behind my first Life’s Experiments postcard, a new project in which readers send in postcards to celebrate their courage in going out of their comfort zones. (See the postcard.) My Tricky Teenage Son Less than 24 hours after … Continue reading
Posted in Life's Experiments
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The credits finally roll on the IMDb Top 250
In a world where Japanese movies reign supreme and World War II films fill the mailbox… one woman struggles on her couch to view them all…. That woman is this one… that quest is about to be challenged… and this … Continue reading
Art thou a loggerheaded, toad-spotted malt-worm?
Verily, I beseech thee, travel to the Renaissance Faire if thou durst. A fulsome feast awaits. Do not tarry. Or art thou a loggerheaded, toad-spotted malt-worm? Huzzah! The Connecticut Renaissance Faire Renaissance Insult Generator Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post … Continue reading
Posted in Connecticut, Et Cetera
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Morocco travel photos
{Celebrate your courage. Send me a postcard.} For the Travel Photography Inspiration Project at DPS on Morocco, I sent in some photos from my 2010 trip. Woman and donkey, Ait Ben Haddou Some families still live in this ancient fortified … Continue reading
Blog Action Day: BAD Girls
Today is Blog Action Day, and this year’s theme is “The Power of We.” Social studies in a suburban middle school… Half the room is filled with 12-year-old girls who look at me curiously as I attempt to describe the … Continue reading
