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Archive for June, 2007

Random Friday–Come with me (or) go now

Friday, June 29th, 2007

1. If You Gotta Go, Go Now - Cowboy Junkies (Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes)
2. Godless - Mason Jennings (Mason Jennings)
3. Casey Jones - Grateful Dead (Workingman’s Dead)
4. Nettie Moore - Bob Dylan (Modern Times)
5. Loxmi’s Song - Skymonters (Skymonters)
6. Leaving Cottondale - Alison Brown (Fair Weather)
7. Jacket King - Green Mountain Grass (WEFT […]

A 28-year-old letter

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

When I was out in Portland last month, one of the activities I tasked myself with was sorting through the ephemera that I’ve collected over my lifetime. I had saved up a veritable mountain of programs from high school plays, drawings from pre-school, report cards, birthday cards and bits of newspaper that I had […]

Fork on the Spot: Presto Pesto

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Last Saturday I was hanging out with the rest of the Fork You team up in Thad and Angie’s community garden plot when we, spurred on by the scent and abundance of basil, were overwhelmed with the need to film a podcast. It went smoothly too, with the exception of the moment when I […]

Alone in my apartment

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

The last hour has been the first time in over four years that no other person has had a key and claim to my apartment. Already, the air feels different, as if it lightened the minute the spare bedroom was emptied. I walked in there a little while ago, and the space felt […]

Random Friday–Banking on fuel

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

1. Rain - The Beatles (Past Masters, Vol. 2)
2. What People Are Made Of - Modest Mouse (The Moon and Antarctica)
3. You Could Be Her - Jonathan Coulton (Thing a Week)
4. Cold Day in July - Dixie Chicks (Fly)
5. Criminal - Fiona Apple (Tidal)
6. On The Bound - Fiona Apple (When the Pawn…)
7. Do What […]

The #3 reason I wish I still lived in Portland*

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

My cousin Andy has always been known in the family as a world traveler. We never knew whether he would show up for Thanksgiving or Christmas, often he would be in Thailand or Vietnam or China instead. The times he did make an appearance, the food he brought with him would be stunningly […]

Una’s Wedding Cake

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

My friend Una is getting married this Saturday.  She spent years looking for the right guy, many time despairing that she would never find him.  Then, a couple of months after her 35th birthday, she spotted a guy on match.com who resonated with her.  She sent him an email, they went out and soon after, […]

Chaos, crisis and crabbiness

Monday, June 18th, 2007

I had a conversation tonight with a friend in which we both realized that the last month has been pretty much of a doozy for both of us.  Life has continually thrown us curve balls and it seems like as soon as we work through one issue, the next one comes careening towards us.  As […]

A small Father’s Day appreciation

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Of all the different roles that come with being a parent, I think my dad enjoyed the teaching responsibilities the best. It didn’t matter if the task at hand was eating an ice cream cone or how to build a drip-style sand castle, he was ready to show me a good way to approach […]

Random Friday–Something Real (does) Not Fade Away

Friday, June 15th, 2007

1. Read Dress - Jonatha Brook (Steady Pull)
2. Groovin’ - Aretha Franklin (Lady Soul)
3. C.C. Rider - Grateful Dead (Dick’s Picks)
4. Something Real - Indigo Girls (All That We Let In)
5. Lucky Ball & Chain - They Might Be Giants (Flood)
6. Marx & Engels - Belle and Sebastian (Push Barman to Open Old Wounds)
7. Opening […]

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