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Tag Archives: Life
New York, Day 1
Our trip to New York last weekend was just about the most perfect vacation we’ve ever had. We stayed at a posh hotel, ate fabulous food, got in a wee bit of shopping (some of us more than others), and … Continue reading
Feel Free…
..to envy me for the delicious weekend I’m heading into! Ingredients: Anne of Green Gables (1985) on DVD Mapp & Lucia (Series 1) on DVD Ang Lee’s Sense & Sensibility free on the On Demand channel 3 boxes of Halloween … Continue reading
Psst…
It’s Wednesday, October 3rd. Do you know where you’ll be four weeks from today?
Amazing!
It’s been an action-packed weekend! I’ve reached a new pinnacle of tired-but-happy, and a new understanding of the word “amazing”. Friday night we went to a Jonathan Coulton show, and had a terrific time. He had a great opening band, … Continue reading
School Days
Ah, Fall. Season of new beginnings, of pristine notebooks and sharpened pencils. I know we’re supposed to feel freshly reborn in Spring, but for me, it’s Fall: seventeen years of new outfits, new supplies, and new classrooms has oriented me … Continue reading
Nightmare Evolution
I don’t have the recurrent nightmare about showing up naked to a public event; I don’t know what fear it represents, but I’m not susceptible to it. Ramona’s had the naked dream on my behalf a few times (“OMG, why … Continue reading
Catch a Falling Star and…
…put it in your blog post, la da da da di dah dah! We got up at 3:00 Saturday morning and drove to an outlook point in the Gorge about a half-hour east of town. Lots of people had the … Continue reading
Tenemos una biblioteca!*
What a weekend we’re having! We just got back from a matinée performance of Monty Python’s Spamalot, which we’ve wanted to see since we first heard about it years ago. It was very much worth the wait (and the ticket … Continue reading
Technological Disconnect
In the comments on the Simple Life post, Ramona said “We are becoming a society of disconnectedness”¦And, trust me, it all began with t.v.” and though she has a point, I have to disagree with her. Yes, T.V. has a … Continue reading
The Simple Life
A week ago Saturday night, around sundown, I was comfortably ensconced in my camp chair, knitting as long as the fading light allowed. I was keeping one eye on my project and the other on the darkening sky, watching for … Continue reading