Bookseller, baker, ricotta-cheese maker. I'm a reader, a wannabe writer, have a mothballed J.D., and am little bit crazy. These are the days of my lives.
Posted in crank, good things on Feb 4th, 2009
Grumpy day. Parking lot misunderstandings. Vehicle keys broken, a trek home to get one that worked. Grumpy, weepy, mad at myself and the world. Fortunately, the tow yard was near the T. Fortunately, the hock for getting the car out wasn’t too high. And fortunately, I had exact change, because otherwise I still would have […]
Posted in good things, government, links, photos, politics on Jan 21st, 2009
I stood in the kitchen at work with everyone else in my office– lawyers, partners, paralegals, assistants– watching the innauguration and President Obama’s speech and feeling stern and jubiliant and proud and a welter of things I don’t know I’d call hope. But I’d call it relief. I don’t think the speech is going down […]
Posted in YouTube, good things, just plain silly, links on Jan 16th, 2009
This is a short film called “Validation” that is just so … smile inducing. I loved it, and have been feeling kind of blue. Hope you enjoy it, too
Posted in Better Half, Deep Thoughts, friends, good things on Nov 27th, 2008
I’m thankful, or trying to be– for meds that work sometimes and make a big difference when they do, for a workplace where I’m treated like an adult, for food to cook for my loved ones, for loved ones to be aggravated by occasionally and to laugh with the rest of the time. I’m thankful […]
Posted in Deep Thoughts, good things, links on Nov 23rd, 2008
Schmutzie has a post about keeping in mind, every day, that there are things large and small to be grateful for. Not in a Pollyanna-ish way. I used to keep a gratitude journal– a separate notebook full of things I was thankful for. Over time, though, I found myself forgetting it, or juggling it with […]
Posted in books, cooking, good things, links, writing on Nov 9th, 2008
The NYT’s Dining section had an article about Simon Hopkinson, the British chef and cookbook author who wrote “Roast Chicken and Other Stories,” “Second Helpings of Roast Chicken,” and “Week In, Week Out,” (a collection of newspaper essays only available in Britain, but which can be sent here from the British Amazon arm).
The recipes are fairly […]
Posted in friends, good things, links on Nov 3rd, 2008
We bloggers have bloggy friends (i.e., friends who we make through blogs), non-bloggy friends (i.e., people we know from “real life”) and now, friends who blog. Real life friends, now new and improved, with blogs. My section mate and good friend from law school has begun his blog, Senor Sinister’s Low Key Plan for World […]
Posted in Better Half, friends, good things, links, photos, sparkly on Nov 3rd, 2008
The BH’s colleague, Amy, who I’ve written about before, makes beautiful mosaic mirrors, boxes, and other crafty things under the name Riverview Crafters, is hosting a craft show at her home November 15, 2–8 pm. There will also be woven, leather, ceramic, and other textile and printed crafts. The Better Half, because he is a […]
Posted in Better Half, good things, links on Oct 25th, 2008
I would post an image, but their site is flash (gah) and there isn’t a picture of it in the most recent catalogue in my possession, but I nonetheless feel the need to share with you the information about an important marital aid the Better Half just bought for us. Yep, a two zone electrically […]
Posted in flickr, good things, just plain silly, links, meta, nerd, photos, sparkly on Oct 22nd, 2008
Our laptop has been kaput. Stone dead. Not resting. Demised, bereft of life, off the twig, shuffled off the techno coil, kicked the bucket, and joined the choir electronic. Our laptop is no more. It has ceased to be. It has expired, and gone to meet its maker. It is pushing up the techno-daisies. Dead. […]