When I’m feeling a bit crazed and caught up in this (kind of) chic, urban, fast-paced, (sort of) young professional life that I live, I call on an old friend and he calms me down. Technically, John Burroughs and I are not friends… and, welp,…
Reading
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Today: Borrow a book.
Is there such thing as too many books? Yes, possibly. Case in point: our shelves have a tendency to overflow and books occasionally come raining from the heavens. Or, more accurately, from the top shelf. And sometimes, when I fear approaching the shelf and jeopardizing…
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Today: Life’s a beach.
I’ve been a bit of a Looney Tune this week with work, getting ready for our organization’s annual benefit evening. For weeks, I have not been benefitting from much sleep, nor have my friends and family been benefitting from my usual cheerful charm. But that’s…
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Today: Eat by the rules.
I picked up Michael Pollan’s Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual because I love food and I love rules. I also love manuals. I was not disappointed. Michael Pollan has written a number of celebrated books on the topic of food, including The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which was…
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Today: The Good, the Bad, and the U-G-L-Y
This may seem a bit premature, but before I knew it, December was here and I have a feeling January will be similarly sneaky. Like every year we’ve lived before, 2009 had its ups and its downs. It had beautiful moments, it had ugly moments. …
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Today: Check the Doppler.
This weather is just plain crazy. I slept an extra two hours this morning because apparently, as of today, Clark doesn’t wake up at 5:15 anymore. Remind me to start setting my alarm again. I bundled up, grabbed his leash and set off for the…
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Today: Call the waambulance.
Remember Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day? Do you think Atheneum is looking for a sequel about a twenty-something miss who had a crappy Wednesday? That’s how I’d pitch it to the publisher. Very evocative, no? No? Welp, now you know…
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Today: Turn a few pages.
After a hectic week, I was looking forward to sleeping in a bit (7 maybe?) yesterday, but unfortunately we found ourselves scrambling to get to the vet as soon as it opened. Our little monster was having stomach… issues (I promise to spare you the…
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Today: Read on Memory Lane
We are compiling a list at work, featuring our “must read” books for kids, inspired by our own literary childhoods. With Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (one of my all-time favorites) and Where the Wild Things Are hitting the theatres, now’s a great time…