After a hiatus in 2016, I did have some adventures here and there. This time, I started on a new blog where I don’t keep having to change the domain name each year: adventuresacrosstheyears.wordpress.com. I start off with a train … Continue reading
So, I decided to take a break in 2016 on my adventure blog, because it was quite “me” oriented, despite my efforts to volunteer. Plus I was exploring a new relationship. I will post a couple new adventures I had, … Continue reading
This month I had already done my new volunteer activity for Metro teen AIDS, and eaten my new food (Dragon fruit) – all that was left was to do something unusual, like learn how to weld. Which would have been … Continue reading
My final new food of 2015 was the dragon fruit, or Pitaya, which includes the fruit of several species of night-blooming cacti in the genus Hylocereus, and which is quite delicious. Just slice in half, scoop out the flesh, slice, … Continue reading
This week, I and a number of other volunteers assisted the organization Metro Teen AIDS by assembling safe sex kits. The group provides condoms and information about safe sex to teenagers who can’t afford condoms, or who don’t think they … Continue reading
Well, my volunteer activity for November definitely, absolutely changed the world. In an attempt to get a new type volunteering done within the month (each month it has to be a different type), I volunteered to wrap presents at the … Continue reading
Yampee. Yampee. I like having you in my life now. Welcome to the land of being broiled, and who knows what else. All because of a visit to a Korean supermarket, looking for a food adventure. I walked out with … Continue reading
Please don’t tell my dad I did this. (He rarely checks the blog, being a dawn-to-dusk-to-recliner farmer.) I originally planned to balloon with friends on my birthday almost two years ago, but the trip was rained out. Shortly after, a … Continue reading
Thank goodness for my friend Michelle asking for volunteers to help with face-painting at our Halloween block party! I was so crazed with work I hadn’t even thought of my volunteer activity for the month of October. And here it … Continue reading
Schwooxie squash is how you pronounce what is known as schwoughksie squash in New York. I found that out (via the omni-knowledge source known as Wikipedia, where I also got the public domain photo). How can one not fixate on … Continue reading
