Wendy's Excellent Adventure

Introducing Zeke to the banjo, Hawaii 2007 My dad, being a Jewish guy from Detroit, is naturally a big fan of bluegrass and old-timey countr...

I've been wanting to write about my Grandpa Leo, who was honestly the best person I've ever known. Turns out, my little brother Sam...

In October 2001, I went to visit my mother in Papua New Guinea , where she was stationed at the time.  We met up in Australia, spent a coupl...

It's a very strange thing when something, or someplace, that has been a constant in your life, no longer is. People in my family liv...

I thought about writing about my grandpa today, but I just don't have it in me right now.  I'm so tired of long, mawkish posts that ...

I feel like it's one of those times when the Universe is piling on.  I'm doing OK, but I don't think I've ever been so emoti...

I've become so immersed in my husband's Aussie-speak that I'm beginning to use it myself, to the point that today, I couldn'...

Good night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.* My old boss used to say that stories about other people's ...

So, anyone who is a Facebook friend knows that I'm having my dog put to sleep. The decision-making process has been both incredibly dif...

I put up all three pictures so you could see the progression. I'm starting to feel really huge and cumbersome. I say "oof" al...

It's been a crazy week. Friday Jason had a job interview.  It's a company to which he had submitted an online resume a couple of mon...

In one of the more famous (and delightful) scenes in American literature, Tom Sawyer is charged by his Aunt Polly with the task of whitewas...

I've written in the past about my family's penchant for pharmaceutical solutions to whatever ails you .  On a recent trip to Israel...

I'm driving to work this morning, minding my own business, listening to Morning Edition on NPR .  They have this feature called "S...

It's been a weird couple of days.  I've had some heavy shit on my mind, and I've been busy at work, and I'm sleeping like cr...