I finally broke down and got my drivers license last month :). I'm still adjusting to the culture though. It's so rural here there's no restaurants but McDonalds. I miss civilization a bit.

That's a lovely herb garden! We just moved last year and I have yet to plant an herb garden so I am envious. The only things I've planted are Jerusalem artichokes and a few other small odds and ends. The

It's interesting to see different topics and when blog revenues dip and peak. As a former teacher, I'm not surprised college blog views would dip in the summer. I blog a lot of cooking/recipe articles

Congrats on the move and sale of your old house! I'm in Virginia now too and it's been a cold summer! It's been really weird. It's nice though to be able to work outside.

I my experience writing more academic articles, all we academics do is read a bunch of other people's work and paraphrase it into our own original words and cite sources. There's really no originality

Battling with my own mental health at the moment I relate to a lot of this article. I remember studying all sorts of religions and taking philosophy classes and sociology all to discover who I am and deal

That's really cute! Hopefully she had a great birthday. My 6 year old is learning to tell such great stories. There's nothing greater than hearing child-like innocence in stories they tell.

Sorry for never responding. The bonsai died. They did really well all summer but at Christmas we hit -1 and it killed my bonsais and roses I planted out in the yard. Their root system wasn't deep enough

Awwww!!! It makes me happy to see you checked in on me. I have missed the place and am glad old friends like you are still around!

Basically our new house is in a valley in between 2 mountains that join at a higher peak. The center where the stream is located is downhill from the peak so when it rains all the water drains down the

Fingers crossed it'll be a great thing to be in Virginia for both of us!

Working on making a comeback. Had lots of health problems for a while but I'm feeling better and trying to get back to writing.

Very good story. I was very stressed out for John! Glad he got out and got money for it! You're a good storyteller.

Thanks for reading! It is so messy it won't be fun cleaning it but I look forward to seeing how it turns out!

Oh no! Poor you. I remember helping my brother dig up his septic a long time ago. The digging alone was rough. I hope you can get it fixed. We've been doing construction on our old house to sell and finding

I always feel like people who build and design their own tiny houses are super smart. It's amazing how they use space so well in such a small area. This tiny house is really beautiful and I love how everything

That's pretty awesome. Here in the United States you have to be careful because so many brands of olive oil that aren't actually olive oil but fake. You are lucky to have the freshest you can get. This

That's such a beautiful place. I love how the clouds are reflected on the water. It's winter here and everything is all dormant. It's nice to see some green and flowers after a long winter.

When I travel I look food tourism. This place looks awesome! Bread and desserts alone would have me visiting. That chocolate mousse cake would be my #1 purchase.

Just moved to Virginia and the weather has been beautiful. We have tons of daffodils blooming. We often have nice weather in March but then around the end of April we have some cold snaps before the last