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
- 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
- buckeroomama { When I first read "American Fried Rice," I was thinking, "Really? There is such a thing?" Hahaha!
You have a beautiful family. Belated Mother's... } – May 16, 9:45 AM - Marcy { Thanks for adding a former English teacher and mythology lover's point of view. Yes, that's why I missed it and why typos are so hard... } – May 11, 11:18 AM
- Susan (ThisHappyMom) (@happymomsusan) { I'm rocking back and forth in sympathy! I'd be mortified too. But it is a forgivable mistake. It isn't a big deal. Honestly, as I... } – May 11, 10:34 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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- Scene from a Memoir (24)
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- Video (25)
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Tag Archives: haggis
Haggis: Can You Stomach It?
n the remote Scottish highlands walks a weirdly evolved creature, the wild haggis, whose legs are longer on one side of his body to help him navigate the steep hills of his homeland. That’s not true, of course. One survey, … Continue reading



