lemon ruth

my jewish worrywart mother calls approximately 3 times a week to make sure i’m not dead.
oh man.  you should have seen her face when i told her i was going to europe alone a couple years ago.  i mean, she gripped my dad’s arm for dear life as he calmly said “no you are not.”  […]

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it’s impossible to be cynical on a day like today.  there is sunshine pouring in through every window and i am about to go on a long, lazy bike ride.
despite this week’s high stress levels at work and several overdramatic events all around, i’ve found that i’m quite happy.  i’m unaffected, as it were.  
life […]

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i moved to nashville, tennessee when i was 18 years old.  
much like the horde of other eager interns crawling all over the city, i was bright-eyed and naive: ‘music a business, you say?  no way.  it’s about the songs, man.  the songs.’
on any given day in nashville you can throw a rock and hit […]

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upon suggestion by my best friend, i am going to bring to light a new dating philosophy i inadvertently stumbled upon recently.
(as a sidenote, it’s crucial for me to tell you something about my best friend.  if anyone on earth was ever going to have constant theme music playing around them, almost as if there was […]

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i’ve been so inspired recently by several blogs, and it occurred to me that my own has been lacking.  i mean, come on–random vague ramblings about my pathetic emotional experiences.  so lame.  i’ve decided to make some changes around here.  i’ve had some pretty crazy adventures over the past few years, and so i think taking […]

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