March 2010

Local Blacksmith

Aaron Williams, a self-taught blacksmith, uses an old coal-fed forge with a squirrel-cage fan and air duct tubing to create large-scale art pieces out of recycled metal—or as Williams prefers to call it, re-purposed materials.

March 2010

How does a three-course meal for two at an upscale restaurant for under $20 sound? There's only one catch: You gotta go back to school.

March 2010

Change for the sake of change is cute-downright adorable sometimes.  But change for the sake of survival is a lot more interesting; the plot points are a little less dense.

March 2010

It seems like just yesterday, my son took his first steps and spoke his first words. Well four very short years later and his stay-home-with-mamma-in-the-afternoon days are coming to an end. Yes, we have a whole summer to play, swim, make crafts, and work on his list of animals for the zoo he’s going to open when he grows up, but this too will pass at the speed of light. (Besides missing our time together, this transition also means I won’t have an excuse for not working more—drag!)