That's how I describe the air in a museum. It's just a wholly amazing atmosphere and I'm always here for it. Yesterday, my girls and I headed downtown into Dallas and I finally, finally visited the Dallas Museum of Art. I've lived here for two years and have been aiming to go ever since I …
Blogtober #19: do your Fall Friday dance.
Even with endless rainy days (it's been raining here for a full two weeks, reader) and minor disappointments in life (I'll spare the details and provide them for another post, but let's give you one clue: men), you'll find This Square Peg moving in some fashion during the day. Even if it's chair dancing at …
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1,000 cartwheels down a deserted hallway…
...in other words, what I'd like to do to commemorate my last day here at the OK Corral. Since my adolescent gym teachers shamed me for my inability to tumble, therefore ripping that desire out of me for the rest of my days, here's this instead. Happy last day to me! And happy Wednesday to …
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On Visuals and Inspiration.
The most popular question I get as I continue on this gaining health journey: what inspired you to want to lose weight in the first place? I don't mind the question; to me, it's natural that people want to know. And so I tell them: I was making very unhealthy choices in my life and …
About your Published Author.
Oh, I caught that. You're published? Yes, indeed. I'd like to happily announce that my second book, a collection of short fiction entitled The Loftiest Thing, has been officially published. *insert primal scream here* Congratulations, you. Wow. You've been working on that thing for an eternity, haven't you? Admittedly, yes, some of the stories have …
Project Blogtober: Check. (Blogtober #31)
The plan to combine my favorite month with my favorite season by blogging every day? Check. Done and done. What good times. Thanks for supporting my blogging efforts this month by reading and/or commenting and/or liking, thanks to those of you that joined me for the project, for those of you that decided to follow …
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the pleasure is all mine, September.
Gone are the days when I would disdainfully glance at the clock on Labor Day, watching the morning and afternoon slowly wane into evening, into nighttime, into the last few hours before the following, dreaded day. Gone is the queasy feeling that would consume the entirety of my belly as soon as I opened my eyes …
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We Need to Talk About This.
So it's no surprise that I'm quietly freaking out about this. You know I love her. Here's why I'm happy with People's choice this year: 1. Does my Lupita (because she's mine, really) need a magazine to declare her beautiful? No, she doesn't. But this is icing on the cake. Such sweet icing. 2. We've …
Au Naturale.
Those endless selfies are for a reason, Mom. From December 2012 to a few weeks ago, my natural hair journey so far...
This Square Peg. 