Today kicks off NaNoWriMo, my friends. I attempted NaNoWriMo last year, but pretty much hid my face until it was December was sidetracked by the third day in due to an unexpected but necessary move. This year, I really have no excuse not to participate. I even have a story this time. Sure, none of the characters have names and I have no idea why any of them even know each other, but hey, Harry Potter wasn’t written in a day.
As you read this, I’m probably curled up in the fetal position somewhere.
Anyway, on to the goods. There’s a lot …read more

Pomegranates – I still don’t think I can pronounce that word correctly. I remember when Bath & Body Works came out with pomegranate-scented stuff. I loved it, but went around pronouncing it like it was some kind of fancy-shmancy word. (For whatever reason, pomegranates were just not part of my life until that point. Probably because pomegranates primarily reign from other parts of the world.)
Then I started hearing other people pronounce the word, and realized, um…I was wrong.
Anyway, here in the Northern Hemisphere, pomegranates are usually in season from September to January, which is only one reason care2.com has labeled …read more