I Beg Your Pardon

I’ve been thinking about all the Presidential pardons being handed out this week and, like Joe Exotic, wondering how to get one.

HumorNikki HardinJanuary 20, 2021pardon, presidential pardon Comments

Epiphany 2021

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#19 Keep Hoping Machine Running

Woody Guthrie’s 1943 Resolutions are just as relevant today.

LifestyleNikki HardinDecember 29, 20202021, covid-19, hope Comments

Of Spaghetti and Spaceships

My relationship with my mother was sometimes troubled and complicated after I left home, but in this year of emptiness and loss, old happy memories of her are resurfacing.

LifestyleNikki HardinDecember 22, 2020Christmas, Spaghetti, food, dinner, mother Comments

A S.A.D.ist at Christmas

How to overcome glum DNA.

LifestyleNikki HardinDecember 15, 2020Christmas, luck, lucky Comment

On Giving Up

And yet, some days lately I just want to give up. I don’t even know what giving up would entail. Staying in bed all day? Drinking until I pass out? Taking unnecessary risks?

HumorNikki HardinDecember 9, 2020Christmas, luck, lucky Comments

Here Comes the Sun

Like so many people this year, I’ll be missing my family, but instead of dwelling on the loneliness, I’m going to try and dwell in it.

HomeNikki HardinDecember 1, 2020winter, advent, solstice, Christmas, Christmas EveComment

The Dress

What would you tell 17-year-old you with the benefit of hindsight?

HomeNikki HardinNovember 18, 2020girls, feminist, white, white dress, child, marriage Comments

Swimming Like a Feminist

LifestyleNikki HardinNovember 11, 2020girls, feminist Comments

My Seams Are Showing

How to glue your life back together when it’s in pieces.

HomeNikki HardinNovember 4, 2020seams, Kintsugi, japanese, courage, gold Comments

Steam and Dip

Food, Summer SpotlightNikki HardinOctober 28, 2020healthy, trader joes, dumplings Comment

30 Minutes

How I turned Breaking News brain into Be Here Now brain.

LifestyleNikki HardinOctober 28, 2020breaking news, 30 minutes, time, start Comments

Second Chances

What story can a red kilt purchased in London tell 40 years later?

LifestyleNikki HardinOctober 21, 2020London, kilt, falling in love, dreams Comment

So good, I forget it’s healthy.

Food, Summer SpotlightNikki HardinOctober 19, 2020Good Culture, cottage cheese, healthyComment

Ghost Maps

Sometimes it’s true that you can’t go home again, but the pull is still magnetic in memory.

HomeNikki HardinOctober 13, 2020Kentucky, soulComment

My Second-Best Breakfast

I have thoughts of foreign travel when I make this breakfast.

Food, Summer SpotlightNikki HardinOctober 7, 2020covid, bread, zucchini bread, hummus, new york times, lemon juiceComment

Highway 329 Soup

My mother’s recipe is about more than just soup.

HomeNikki HardinOctober 6, 2020soup, vegetable, soup recipe Comments

Zucchini Was Born for This

There’s a reason it’s called the “ultimate.”

Food, Summer SpotlightNikki HardinSeptember 30, 2020covid, bread, zucchini breadComment