How do you spend your work breaks?
At work, I get a ten minute break. Sometimes I like to sit and take little notes about people around me while I sip on my cappuccino. I feel like Harriet the Spy when I do that. Other times, I journal. Or read. Lately, [...]
Last week, the air smelt like flowers all over. Now, when I open the windows, I get a whiff of sun on big, young leaves. I think this is very nice.
Yesterday, I went out for a drink with some friends from work. We guessed what people’s secrets were.
“Do you have a [...]
A lazy day after a very busy weekend, that was today. Lazy and glorious, with the cat nibbling on and sleeping at my feet. Summer is coming and I love it. I am also loving reading Huckleberry Finn. And memorizing my favourite poems. And falling for Adam over and over.
Rest. [...]
Yesterday, before a smoothie meeting at work (there are worse things than working someplace where the meetings are about coffee smoothies), I walked to State Street and treated myself to the perfume I’ve been dreaming after for about a year. It’s linden blossom perfume, sweet and old-fashioned. I’m sure the scent is out [...]
Eight Things I’ve Learned so far in 2008:
1. How to spot Pinus Resinosa- Red/Norwegian Pines.
2. The basic concepts of how to make briar pipes.
3. Sometimes, I like 2% milk.
4. Making excuses for other people doesn’t deepen grace, it cheapens it. True fogiveness is in recognizing the broken bits, and knowing that all of that [...]
Four jobs I’ve had:
1) receptioninst
2) nanny
3) kitchen staff
4) barrista
Four movies I’ve watched more than once:
1)Little Women
2) Fiddler on the Roof
3) The Big Lebowski
4) You’ve Got Mail…
and just about every other movie I really liked. I enjoy repetition.
Four places I’ve lived:
1) Genesee, WI
2) Alvdal, Norway (5 months)
3) Constanta, Romania (3 months)
4) Madison, WI (2 years [...]
Yesterday, I was a punk. And a grump. And to repay me for my punk-en grump-enness, Adam brought me a bouquet of cotton candy at work. That’s love, there.
I am bellybutton-deep in reading and writing and reading about writing. And a good bottle of wine. And warm days. And [...]