I got out of class early tonight and headed over to Trader Joe’s to pick up some basic food items that keep things running over here in apartment 2024. Wandering through the store, I tossed ground turkey, lettuce, frozen spinach and Basque Shephard’s Cheese (a 100% sheep’s milk cheese to which I am positively […]

Yesterday morning, just before 11 am, I found myself racing through Reading Terminal Market, looking for the stairs that would take me up to the administrative offices. As I walked, I pulled my gloves off and folded my umbrella, trying to get myself presentable for the meeting I was about to have. The […]

I’ve been sitting in front my computer for hours, trying to figure out how make a short story for my narrativity theory class work.  It’s about how the small scents and sights of life can transport us to other times and places.  Which, if you think about it, is a fairly mundane story topic.  While […]

1. There’s Gotta be a Change, Jonny Lang (Lie to Me)
2. Your Love is Everything, JUDE (Sarah)
3. Lock Your Devils Up, Nathan (Travelling Roadshow)
4. Sick of Me, Ani DiFranco (Reckoning)
5. Even So, Rachael Yamagata (Happenstance)
6. Lucy, The Black Crowes (I Am Sam)
7. Beercan, Beck (Mellow Gold)
8. Tappy Tappy, The Gypsy Moths (Live on KBOO)
9. Bowl […]

Tomorrow I’m hosting the Carnival of the Mundane. The last time I did this back last September was a hoot, and so I’m looking forward to it once more. If you have a blog post that’s particularly mundane, please feel free to send it my way for inclusion.
Over at Fork You, we’ve got […]

About half an hour ago, I was sitting at my desk, vaguely thinking about buckling down and getting some homework done, when an acrid smell started niggling at my olfactory senses.  Just as I registered the smell, I started hearing the far-off sound of a smoke detector going off in one of my neighbor’s apartments.  […]

The next episode of Fork You is now available for your viewing pleasure.  We made this one on my first day back from a week-long bout with the flu, so please forgive the coughing.  I tried not to cough on the food too much, and I washed my hands repeatedly, so things were basically safe […]

When I moved to Philadelphia back in January of 2002, I thought of the move as a temporary. I figured that I would spend three or four or possibly even five years here before heading back out west. I had been a west coast girl my entire life and the idea of making […]

I am totally, completely and in all ways exhausted.  But it’s a good exhausted that comes from a full day of doing stuff, which means that I am almost, entirely back to normal (except for the occasional hacking cough).
Yesterday afternoon I found myself stuck in some minor traffic, trying to get across town to see […]

Set the old pod/digital music devise to it’s random/shuffle setting and share the first ten songs it unearths. Please no skipping, omitting or avoiding songs, the fun is in the surprise.
1. Mt. Hood Moth Infestation, Raina Rose (Despite the Crushing Weight of Gravity)
2. A Girl Like You, Edwyn Collins (Empire Records)
3. When Love Was […]