This Oz Life

It was January 2001 when I transferred from monstrous Ohio State to little Otterbein College after one disastrous quarter at OSU. I knew I needed the accountability of a smaller school, and I thrived there for the next 3.5 years. A huge part of this was due to pledging to Theta Nu. I'll spare you all the details, but pretty much as soon as I started school, I went through rush and immediately had built-in friends. Some people laugh at the idea like it's "buying friends&qu… Read more

I have probably titled four posts with those same words: Pumpkin Time! What else is there to say other than the end of September is always "pumpkin time" for us. By the time Halloween actually arrives, we usually have about 10 of them, all shapes and sizes, inside and outside our house. Last weekend, we took a road trip (because that's our Saturday morning thing, it seems) to Radnor. There, we found Lehner's pumpkin farm. It was so perfect for younger kids, with it&#… Read more