I want to call myself the family Historian, but my brother Pete ACTUALLY knows the details about how our Grandfather’s family back in Germany came be known as Brunstetters (Brown town; people who fled from …
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Mom, Dad
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Tangles
I have these two amazing necklaces that I want to wear every day — a wee pecan from Morrison and a Notebook from Ingrid — but literally, HOW does one wear more than one necklace …
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BEARS REPEATING
LISTEN, I’ve been receiving a REAL lack of support and understanding from certain LOVED ONES regarding the very OBVIOUS naming of our family Halloween costume. We were a family of bears, ie, we were BEARS …
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Burnout
No one: Say Bekah, what’re you up to this weekend? Me: Oh, just stressing about how to properly describe the stress I feel about not yet finding time to read this book that Blaine sent …
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GUESS WHAT’S BACK
The Drama Bookshop BROADWAYYYYYYY! Seeing plays with friends Going to Dinner with friends after Play Being followed and accosted by a mentally disturbed man while leaving said Dinner, being told I’M GOING TO KILL YOU …
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Fun Fact
Rapid Covid tests are basically exactly like pregnancy tests. You must hold your breath as you wait for the faint pink line to appear, or not, sending all women who’ve ever tried to get pregnant, …
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a Rainbow
We were greeted this morning by 40 seconds of rain, and then a BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW, fully arcing over our backyard. Me, to the Rainbow: A RAINBOW! There was a rainbow the morning of our wedding! …
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Delta on Delta
We’re taking Joe to the East coast for the first time next week, eeeek! To my parents’ house in Virginia, to meet his Brunstetter cousins and aunts and uncles. I haven’t seen my brothers in …
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Deck Pics
I already posted this on Instagram but I wouldn’t be a true Punstetter if I didn’t also lay these Deck Pics here. Is this even a Pun? Or is it just a lame joke? OR …
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BREATHTAKING
I’ve seen fireworks over a glacier lagoon in Iceland, I’ve looked down on Machu Picchu from a summit above it, I’ve seen the jungle in Costa Rica and old churches in Prague and MANY MANY …