Mer­ry Christ­mas! I thought it was time for anoth­er post after such a very long radio silence. I want­ed to let y’all know about my month of slow cook­ing. I’m over halfway through and hav­ing a blast. I’ve used it… Read moreslow cook­ing month

Carl and I have been weed­ing the gar­den like mad the last few days. Out of the 500 square feet, a good 150 (if not more) of it had weeds. I assume it’s because we brought in a bunch of… Read moregar­den­ing excite­ment

A friend asked me today if I miss being at my for­mer firm. I thought about it for a minute. There are some things I miss: being busy all the time (or at least a lot of the time) some­one… Read moreThings I Miss

I fear I’ve killed off a lot of my pep­per plants, both through pulling them up with weeds (we have weeds that look remark­ably like pep­per plants) and now through the cold. I’m quite dis­ap­point­ed. Maybe I’ll try putting some… Read morepep­pers

Carl and I have been busy in the gar­den. It’s been lots of fun. I’ve plant­ed: lots of toma­toes, pep­pers, zuc­chi­ni, cucum­bers, mel­ons, onions, pota­toes, sweet pota­toes, car­rots, let­tuce (which is bolt­ing), rhubarb, ama­ranth, and, nat­u­ral­ly, bor­age. My herbs are… Read moreGar­den Excite­ment

I’m sure at least some of you are won­der­ing why I chose the name “Ves­ta Legal” for my firm. First, a lot of lawyers use their names as their firm names, some­thing which I believe is root­ed in eth­i­cal rules.… Read morechoos­ing a name

As my dear hus­band point­ed out, I haven’t updat­ed this since I was study­ing for the Mis­souri bar. In the past three years, I have tak­en (and passed) three bar exams — Mis­souri, Illi­nois, and Kansas — worked for two… Read morenew firm!

Anoth­er thing: I’m work­ing on a recipe for gluten-free com­mu­nion bread, prefer­ably unleav­ened. I’ll post a recipe if I find one I like, but I would love sug­ges­tions!

I’m sure you’ve all been dying to know what I’ve been doing for the last six months, so here’s the update. I left my job and start­ed my own firm, so that’s cool. I’m doing estate plan­ning, though right now,… Read moreanoth­er long absence

So I accom­plished quite a bit this week­end. Fig­ured out how to sew with Ultrex (a Gore-tex type mate­r­i­al), got the guest room ready for a friend (quite a feat, I assure you, as it is also my sewing room),… Read morea pro­duc­tive week­end