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Balancing

Monday, September 18th, 2006

I’m tired.  I spent the whole day at work, and then went straight to class tonight.  I pulled into the garage at around 9:30 pm and lost fifteen minutes between parking and walking through my front door.  I’m really looking forward to the end of my job, because the balancing act I’m performing right now [...]

Random Friday–A quick and dirty edition

Friday, September 15th, 2006

It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another set of the Random Ten from the pod.  I’m heading out of town for the weekend in mere minutes, so I’m going to make this one short and sweet.  You know the rules: Set the pod to shuffle and report back your first ten songs.  Be honest [...]

Post class drinkin’

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

Tonight, I was the last car in a line of five that snaked through the dark, rainy streets of Lower Merion to McShea’s in Narberth.  In the cars were students from my writing program, going out for a little post-class bonding and drinking.
When the last person settled down in a seat at the table, there [...]

A tisket, a tasket

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

I have always been a sucker for a picnic, packed neatly into a basket, with sliverware neatly slotted into elastic holders attached to the lid, cloth napkins tucked carefully around the cheese and sausage.  Not that I’ve really ever had any picnics like that, but still.  When I was a kid, I so romanticized the [...]

Manifesting a mini-miracle

Monday, September 11th, 2006

I walked out of class tonight, feeling invigorated despite the fact that all I had eaten for dinner had been one round, red wax-enrobed sphere of Laughing Cow cheese and the dreges of a box of faux-Triscuits.  Class had been good, and had confirmed for me the choice of program and school once again.
Earlier in [...]

Peach Sauce Lessons

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

I made peach sauce twice last night.  I bought eight peaches yesterday afternoon, with the intention to cook four and have four for eating later.  I cut up half, put them in a pot with a little water, cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon juice/zest and let them do their thing.  Only their thing included burning, leaving [...]

Random Friday–Let’s Not Shit Ourselves (sound advice)

Friday, September 8th, 2006

It’s been a little while since I’ve spun a Random Friday set, but I’m excited to restart the habit. Most of you know the rules, but for the new folks, here they are once more. Set your pod or other digital musical device a’shufflin’ and report back the first ten songs it spits [...]

Trip through an unknown land

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Yesterday was my last day of full time work.  For the rest of the month, I’ll be working part time, and by October I will be unemployed.  It’s hard concept to get used to.
My mom attempted to give me a long distance mini-lecture yesterday about how important it will be for me not to indulge [...]

Lavender Airmail

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Tonight the small, metal door that, on ordinary days, opens up to a world of bills, ads and junk mail led out onto a field of lavender.  I stood there, keys in hand, for a moment, letting the scent surround and transport me to 27 different places, all more lovely and comfortable than the bleak, [...]

Church Camp UU Style

Monday, September 4th, 2006

After three nights on a hard bunk I was more than a little rest-deprived when it came time to get up for breakfast this morning.  So I spent most of this morning in my sleeping bag napping under an adolescent tree.  I wrapped the arms of a hooded sweatshirt leftover from college around my eyes [...]

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