Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A Trivet (at long last)
Here are just a few of the things I’m bad at: • Running long distances • Math • Recalling the story lines of movies • Mailing things promptly It often takes me months to mail anything. As a kid I moved from Indiana to Minnesota, then back to Indiana. My friends and I had the…
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I’m Back
October was fully consumed with our 19th annual Film Festival. It was a great 10 days. The High School Film Competition Award winners rocked the experience in a huge way and their families were amazing. Our Institute Workshop actually came together, thanks the cooperation of some amazing filmmakers. Over the course of two weeks, I…
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With Fresh Eyes
During summer I spend as much time out of the house as possible, knowing that when winter comes somehow I’ll have missed out on vital sun and warmth if I don’t take advantage of each opportunity for Vitamin D. Even on muggy 90 degree evenings, I’ll drag Regan outside to have dinner in the backyard,…
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Macarons
Upon the suggestion of my good friends Patti and Maryann, I decided to give macarons (or French Macaroons) a go. I’m glad I did. All the research I did on them before setting out to actually make them made me nervous, like I was going to have to watch 8 batches fall before I was…
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Pickles!
There is something about Ball jars that I love. I would happily store all our foodstuffs in them just because I find them lovely. I will look for any occasion to use one and am definitely the girl at work who drinks her water during staff meeting from a Ball jar. There is no shortage…
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The Sweet Life
It’s not the taste of sweets so much that I adore, it’s really their beauty that makes me drool. I’ve been sneaking peeks at too many baking blogs lately — you know, the ones that highlight a treat a day with photographs of pastries stacked on glass plates, cookies sitting next to cool glasses of…
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Holding on to Summer
Somewhere along the line work knocked me over and stole part of my summer. I remember June and the first part of July, but then it gets hazy. Summer evening walks in the park turned into summer evenings with me inside, blinds drawn, watching Disney movies. Lots and lots of Disney movies. I can take…
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Liberty Print Refashion
I grew up wearing a steady stream of old clothing — but not the vintage kind. My dad was (and still is) a camp director and we lived on property. Each summer hundreds of campers would leave behind towels, tennis shoes, t-shirts and shorts. All of their unclaimed belongings made their way into my dresser…
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Pancetta Pizza
We’ve gone a month without air conditioning … in 90 degree weather. We survived, of course, but it wasn’t much fun. Mostly because I couldn’t use the oven. After finally tracking down the part for our 40-year-old air conditioner (Antique Roadshow, here we come!), we got it fixed today. Hurrah. In honor of our cool…
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