Many new visitors popped over here this week. So, welcome! It’s been a bit quiet around these parts for the last week — I’m happily ensconced at my parents’ lake house, where the Internet was spotty over the weekend and I lacked a laptop charger for days. And the view has been a bit distracting,… Continue reading hello, friends
Welcome to an exciting new series here on this here blog, where I share awesome things I once shared on my Tumblr, which I haven’t really touched in two years. Turns out, I like my past-self a lot and thought you might enjoy what college Brigid and just-graduated-from-college Brigid was interested in, too. Most of… Continue reading tbt tumblr vol 1.: my recent past
On Sunday, we got home from a wonderful, exhausting weekend in Madison, our college town. I basically looked like this the whole time: So happy to be back in our college town. Grinning all weekend. We drove up with our friends Jess and Roland after flying into Chicago and met up with our recently relocated-to-Madison… Continue reading crazy goals are us
Seed distribution. We all learned about it. And now my favorite dog ever has put it into practice. When I was home a month ago, I could not figure out why there were tomatoes growing in my parent’s front yard and in their front flower bed. There was some drama last summer because my mom discovered the… Continue reading dogmato
With all that’s going on in the world, I am thankful to be snuggled in with a big, sweet dog and not scared or threatened tonight. I’m also glad that Ib is safe in DC, instead of on a reporting trip to Ferguson, MO, where two of his coworkers are not so lucky. Feels providential… Continue reading quiet days
It was a long couple weeks wrapping up at work. Long hours, tying up loose ends, and making sure everything is set for my successor. But the payoff is real. I’m now at the lake with the family and no work dragging my mind away from the tasks at hand: relaxing, swimming, and enjoying the… Continue reading home again home again
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