by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 2, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
Now that it’s officially summer, I think I’d better get my fourth annual Standing in the Shadows summer wish list going (here’s the third). However dreamy these ideas sound, be assured I won’t actually get to some impressive chunk of them....
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 9, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
I’ll be honest with you that summer hasn’t started off with a ringing endorsement for itself. My town seems to have moved into a cloud. We’re all drippy and even a little moldy. And we’re cranky. Sure this is a valley, but it’s New...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 16, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
Two words that can be nice are hot and sticky. When you place those words at end of June and beginning of July they are likely not all that nice. They haven’t been all that nice. Like specific holidays, summer’s the season of vacation—without the...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 23, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
In other news, it is hot. Ezekiel and Saskia chillaxing in front of Kate’s fan (thanks, Kate) The weather is sometimes so boring. This weather—relentless heat, nearly as relentless humidity that finally lessened yesterday—it’s not interesting,...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 30, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
There are a few burning questions to my summer. One of them is this: How did I get so overcommitted as a volunteer? It’s akin to potato chip consumption in that a few are fine, the open bag in the pantry, though, that becomes dangerous. I give an assist here,...
