Another Shopping Update
While still frustrating, finding American-made Christmas presents gets slightly easier when I branch out from children’s clothes to children’s toys. Slightly. T...
Author: Katie O'Rourke
Shopping Update
My made-in-America Christmas shopping is half over. I just ordered two children’s outfits at CWDKids. Not all of their products are American made; there’s a spe...
Politically Correct Christmas Shopping
Well, I have painted myself into a corner this year. Having slept through the first two weeks of the shopping season following some minor surgery and major pain...
Book Review: The Condition
I took this book with me to Hawaii even though the hard cover version took up most of my carry-on space. Luckily, I was not disappointed. This is the best book ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s that time of year again. Hard to believe I’ve been doing this blog for over a year now. Last Thanksgiving, I was camped out at my parents’ place, waiting ...
Book Review: A Friend of the Family
As Lauren Grodstein’s novel opens, the narrator is lost. Pete is living in the studio above his garage while his wife contemplates divorce and his estranged son...
Vacation!
We timed our trip north just right. While we were in Flagstaff, we had mornings in the 40s and sunny days in the 70s. At the Grand Canyon, it was low 90s and be...
Kitchen Renovation
For the past six months I’ve been living with a partially demolished kitchen while I waited for the funds and the motivation to finish the renovations. It was t...
Book Review: The Widower’s Tale
Julia Glass is one of my favorite authors. It’s always with a bit of trepidation that I read new books from old favorites. The mysterious combination of my too-...
Monsoon Season: Process
In case you missed Claire’s blog, here’s the Q&A I did when Monsoon Season was first released in July: I caught up with Katie – sadly not over coffee, since...