About

Let’s see, what do yall  want to know?

I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Cultural Anthropology that I do nothing with… aside from that whole getting a good job and growing as a person bit.

I wrote a book about Celebrating Dia de los Muertos (Mexican Day of the Dead holiday)- found here

And a cookbook- found here

I like cats and big dogs. Because little dogs… just get a cat, you know?

I like gardening too- herbs, vines, roses… “You know. Flowers and shit.”

Years ago someone asked my husband how old I was and he said: “Thirty-four. But she likes to pretend she’s older” and he was exactly right.

I can assume from that last fact that you can tell I’m married- for over twenty years now, and twenty five together. My husband actually told me he was going to marry me on our first date- and it’s just gotten more terribly romantic from there, aside from that part where he died in 2024. For now it’s me and the ghost husband trying to figure out what this new era is gonna be all about.

We have three daughters and I love nothing more than watching them turn into themselves over the years.

I don’t drive a minivan.

Or a Lexus.

Or give a crap about scrapbooking.

Or napkin rings.

And my new mantra, now that I’m a widow, is: “Nothing matters, so why the hell not?!” Sane, maybe not. But we’ll see where it takes me.

Other than that I’ll just say I have green eyes, a freckle on my right middle toe, and a sense of humor like one of my front teeth; which is to say- a bit off.

Thanks for reading!

Lauren