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
Celebrate your courage; send me a postcard.
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
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- 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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Category Archives: Photography Challenge
Simplicity
#dpssimplicity If you’re ever looking to lighten the mood in a room full of seventh-graders, all you have to do is tell them where you’re going on vacation this summer. It’s guaranteed to produce an explosion of excited laughter. As … Continue reading
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Roller Derby Jam
The Queen City Cherry Bombs defeated the Yankee Brutals in the opening match of the CT RollerGirls season in a fast-paced, exciting match. #DPSDIPTYCH #6 (101 things in 1001 days): Go to a roller derby. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this … Continue reading
Knitting needles
#DPSBOKEH I need to learn how to knit to complete 101 things in 1001 days. I’ve never tried it, and to me it feels like such a quaint, old-fashioned skill — except that I’m resorting to YouTube videos to try … Continue reading
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A favorite landscape: Porcelain Basin
One of my favorite landscapes: Porcelain Basin at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. A trail winds through a vast, white rock-sheet that looks like snow, dotted with blue, boiling geothermal pools. Related Links: See other reader-submitted landscapes at Digital Photography School … Continue reading
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Best Shots
{Celebrate your courage. Send me a postcard.} Closeup of a beehive #DPSBEST2012 Every picture tells a story I love the photos that capture a story I am trying to tell. Here are some of my favorite photos from 2012. The … Continue reading
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Through the Years
#DPSFAMILY I’ve snapped a picture of my two sons on Thanksgiving weekend for the last 13 years. Where have those little boys gone? {Celebrate your courage. Send me a postcard.} Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share … Continue reading
Thailand travel photos
There is nothing that gets me yearning to travel more than seeing beautiful or unusual photos from a place I’ve never been. I have been enjoying the Travel Photography Inspiration Project at DPS, which has featured reader-submitted photos from such … Continue reading
Christmas tree
Daniel and David: Holiday Bokeh Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
One-finger handstand
My son Daniel had a fun idea for a photograph at Four Corners, USA when we visited in 2007: a one-finger handstand. Four Corners–the spot where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet–is a cool place to visit. (There’s a … Continue reading
Scavenger Hunt Sunday (November 13, 2011)
For Scavenger Hunt Sunday this week, people took photos related to the following five prompts. I used photos from my archives for this hunt. 1. Before and After I can’t believe how long my boys hair got in 2007. For … Continue reading



