Here are my latest Mental Floss articles. They are Halloween themed. Wooo (spooky noise). 10 Monstrous Facts About ‘Frankenstein’ The amount of death that happened around Mary Shelley during the writing and publication of Frankenstein is astounding. Three children, her…
Last month, I went to Amsterdam and Belgium for a week with my husband, best friend, and toddler. It was a great trip. Amsterdam is an easy place to visit. It rained, but not to the point that it ruined…
Check it out. Kyle printed out a mask to wear for Halloween. He’s going to add elastic so he doesn’t have to hold it on his face. Who’s that creepy man standing in your yard? The best part is that…
More Mental Floss articles that I wrote! Get ’em while they’re hot! 12 Gloriumptious Facts About Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl actually was a chocolate tester for a candy company when he was a kid. It stuck with…
We have a new family member. She’s 8 weeks old. Name suggestions?
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I have a new camera. I went out on Saturday and tried it out, going to the Jack London State Park and a winery. I’m happy with it. Luther Burbank’s spineless cactus. A boy and some fish. I love this…
What’s going on with you? Here’s some things going on with me: I’m harvesting hops. I have at least 15 ounces of Cascade and Sterling hops from the garden. Kyle is going to make a beer with them. I’m sewing…
I reviewed Felicia Day’s memoir You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)for KQED, including thoughts on GamerGate. READ IT HERE.
I saw this gorgeous garden at a winery. I want my yard to look like that. I’m regarding 2015 as a difficult gardening year. Sow bugs are devouring the roots of my plants and slowing my yield. I’m not getting…