“I run. I may be slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter, but I run.” My cousin Sarah quotes from her storehouse of memes when I expressed my concerns to her about why I couldn’t run a 5k. “It doesn’t matter how fast you go or how much of it you walk,… Read More
Why I Keep My Cookies Frozen
Photo via Kimberly Vardeman under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. There’s a recipe at the end of this post. There is also homework in this post. If you’ve ever watched the food network, you know how often it is that someone will say “It’s my grandma’s recipe” or “my mother taught me how”. Or maybe… Read More
How to Survive a Magic Tournament: Part II
Photo via Airman 1st Class Kyle Gese This is part II. To read part I, click here. I read this article not too long ago about why women need to go into the mountains with other women. It got me thinking not just about mountain trips, but what kinds of things could I do with other… Read More
How to Survive a Magic Tournament
Going to a Magic: The Gathering tournament for the first time, especially if you are a woman, can feel a lot like going to see the inevitable sequel of a movie you love: you’re not sure if you should be excited or dubious. For a tournament, you need to be a little bit of both,… Read More