Sonya Schryer Norris

Chicago

I drove to Chicago today for a conference, stopping off to have lunch with ShoeDeb. ShoeDeb and I used to work together and now she’s the librarian for a famous cooking school here in Chicago. Today she had on a colorful pair of pump sandals. A couple of years ago her husband brought her back a pair ofContinueContinue reading “Chicago”

Library Brew Pub

I got this T-shirt for Hubby from the Library Brew Pub in Houghton, Michigan. The library in town, the Portage Lake District Library, calls itself “the library without beer.”

6 Words

I was introduced on the trip to the idea of writing my memoirs in six words: Purple moods under foot, two regrets. I love the English language.

Marquette

I spent this week traveling in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for work. You often hear how beautiful the U.P. is, and people usually mean the natural beauties. What startled me were the cities. Marquette is gorgeous. Marquette was built on lumber and mining, specifically iron ore. There’s an abandoned ore dock that could look forlorn butContinueContinue reading “Marquette”

The Kitchen Project Continues

The kitchen projects plugs gamely on in the sense that: a. . it feels like its taking a long time b. it feels normal now to have part of my kitchen “away” The ways in which it is not plugging gamely on might consist of the fact that removing the cabinet doors is the ONLYContinueContinue reading “The Kitchen Project Continues”

Quote of the Day

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, “Where have I gone wrong?” Then a voice says to me, “This is going to take more than one night.” – Charles M. Schulz I got this from Quote of the Day

Cat Update

Candy has been with us 3 weeks now. She and Bethesda play a little bit, but there’s daily hissing on Bethesda’s part, too. And Bethesda is still moping, and her eating is down. She used to talk all the time, now she barely makes a sound. E. assures me you need to wait 3 monthsContinueContinue reading “Cat Update”