There is a time for everything And a season for every activity under heaven A time to be born; a time to die A time to plant; a time to uproot A time to kill; a time to heal A time to tear down; a time to build up A time to weep; a time [...]

Tonight I overheard a conversation some people were having about the metrosexual male.  A man was asking a woman if she thought she could ever date guy who was a metrosexual.   The woman answered that she guessed it would depend on how extreme the guy was.  By this point I had joined the conversation so [...]

Mav has officially been found guilty on all counts of Neglect of a Blog and is hereby sentenced to grounding from other amusements until she has caught up on her writing. ‘Tis a sad, sad thing to see a poor defenseless little blog being neglected, forsaken, and abandoned so shamelessly and so recklessly. *tsk tsk [...]

Hello to the wonderful community here on This Front Porch.   I have just learned that this site is not loading properly on Internet Explorer, so until I can figure out what is happening, I recommend using Mozilla FireFox as your browser.  I haven’t tried Google Chrome yet, so I can’t advise you there.  But FireFox [...]

Whew!  As you can see, I have done some renovations of This Front Porch.  I’m so excited to share with you the fun new vision I have for this blog. As I’ve mentioned before, I generally use my birthday as my resolution-setting time rather than New Years.  And as my birthday is coming up this [...]

Being the smitten Over The Rhine fan that I am, I have found that most things in my life can be, either directly or indirectly, related to a song of this, my favorite band ever.  Basically, they have written the soundtrack for my soul. I recently moved into a new space.  After wading through countless [...]

So it is a new year. 2009. Last year I wrote a fun little poem: Dear 2008, Please bring me a date ’cause I just can’t wait to meet my mate! This year its more like: Dear 2009, I don’t mean to whine but this heart of mine is not doing fine it wants to [...]

I’m reading this amazing book by Luis Rodriguez.   I’m taking my time with this one. Like one might savor each bite of a rich meal, I am taking time to mull over each chapter, each challenge. I first encountered this author a few years ago when I stumbled upon his memoir, Always Running, a [...]

Sound. It’s all around. In every action, in every object, in every word, in every moment. There is a sound to go with texture, a sound that goes with taste, a sound that goes with everything we see. I was keenly aware of sound the other day: of what I heard, of the things I [...]

Well, it is less than a month until the next round of presidential elections and I find that I have so far successfully put off learning anything about our candidates.  I’m not proud of this reality of mine, nor am I exactly enthusiastic to right the situation. I’m not entirely sure what accounts for my [...]