A weekend with the girls: girl-talk, giggling in our pajamas, getting lost, gorgonzola, good bread, going swimming. We went to the museum, drank Jamba Juice, bought Jelly Bellies, danced around, sang things in Target, and ate some serious pizza. It was one great slumber party.
Yeah. It’s grey and freezy. But this morning the sun came out and lit up the thick frost on the tall branches by the lake. I think I really dig January.
This month has not been the wildest month of my life. It’s been a simple month. Waking up and doing dishes. Serving coffee. Writing. Reading. [...]
Yesterday was spent on little homey things. I re-rearranged the bookshelf and picked up a box from Adam’s parents’ house that we had forgotten, and I had been missing very much.
There are lots of things I like about working in a coffee shop. But the thing I love most is slowly getting to know all the people there. I love beginning to recognize their faces and watching them begin to recognize mine. Then I begin to learn the drinks they order, if they take cream, [...]
Days off are such lovely things. I love waking up in the morning knowing that there is a blank day ahead of me that could be filled with anything. I love having the space to eat slowly, to get lost in writing, to walk in no particular direction.
Yesterday, on my day off, I walked in [...]
some things are worth posting twice
(a journey from a to b by badly drawn boy, a song which was entirely perfect today)
I’m beginning to settle into 2008. Scribbling away at my desk. Serving coffee. Reading books. Doing laundry. Seeing friends. Walking places. Walking home.
The sun made an [...]
When Adam first suggested it, I was strongly opposed. I feel like it takes away a books individuality or something. It seemed unloving to the books. Or disrespectful. If I published a book, I wouldn’t want to see it on a colour coordinated shelf. I’d want to see it coffee-stained and jostled around in a [...]
Welcome to 2008, everyone! How was your New Year? How was your old year? Yesterday, I didn’t fill my pages with words and lists about years to come and years past. I haven’t felt the urge to reflect, yet (though I did make a photoset of last year), and I haven’t wanted to chart and [...]