I’m having a day where my head is firmly disengaged from the work that sits, scattered around my desk, begging me to deign to give it a little attention. My thoughts are rising bubbles, filled with plans for the weekend (tonight–dinner at home and a couple hours reading books at Barnes and Noble by […]

As is my semi-regular habit, I’m eschewing a “real” post today, instead throwing my Friday Random Ten up here.
1. Forgiven, Alanis Morissette (Jagged Little Pill)
2. Raised on Robbery, Joni Mitchell (Hits, also on Court and Spark)
3. Meet Me by the Water, Rachael Yamagata (Happenstance)
4. Portland Showers, Folkrum (Some Antics)
5. Get it While You Can, Janis […]

Growing up I always felt like I was born in the wrong era, so desperately did I crave old things and old places. Always one to like things out of sync, at a seven year old I longed for a water pump, at nine I wanted an old fashioned coffee grinder with which to […]

Sunday I went to Trader Joe’s, feeling a little under the weather and not sure of what I wanted to eat. I ended up buying a relative hodge-podge of groceries, including chopped frozen spinach, dried mango and a whole chicken to roast.
The chicken turned out to be an inspiration. I roasted it with […]

I have a purse sized black umbrella that I bought at a dollar store about year ago for $2 during a downpour. It’s a fussy little umbrella that doesn’t stay open without some persuasion and a good dose of manipulation of it’s little metal arms. But open and engaged, it’s a perfectly serviceable […]

I spent most of yesterday lazing around my apartment. I watched “I, Robot” on HBO, and realized it was just as bad as the reviews had claimed. I did some laundry, bagged some trash and forgot to pick up a friend at the airport.
What was I finally got out of the house around […]

I had lunch this week with my ex-boyfriend. It’s been almost a year and a half since we broke up and since I started my new job, in close proximity to where he spends his days, we’ve taken to having lunch together every couple of weeks. We typically spend the hour catching up […]

I started out the day craving Combos (the pretzel ones, filled with cheese) and settled for Chex Mix instead. After eating that I felt sick, and yet wanted pumpkin pie or some other sweet, squashy thing. I had teriyaki chicken for lunch (not exactly a sweet, squashy thing, but the food trunks just […]

I’ve discovered the beauty of the Friday Random Ten, which is that it’s an easy thing to post on a day when you’ve run to the end of your psychic and creative energy for the week.
So, here’s my cop-out, lacking in originality or creativity post.
Four Eyed Girl, Rhett Miller (The Instigator)
Cruel, Tori Amos (To Venus […]

I squeezed in many activities today between the hours of 5 and 7 pm. I got home, got my car, went to Target to buy large plastic containers in which to store the cupcakes we are baking tomorrow night for Lara’s wedding on Saturday, stopped at Franco and Luigi’s (13th and Tasker, best pizza […]