Monthly Archives: November 2009
Neurotica
I can’t remember what it was recently that reminded me of a woman I knew when I lived in DC. I haven’t thought of her in years; we were not close, but we spent some time together with mutual friends. She was a few years older than me, very blond, and worked in Senator Wellstone’s [...]
New Love
Before I get down to it here, I should note that my mom reads my blog. So far, knowing that she is reading has not caused me to censor anything. It is not like we have all this mother – daughter tension that hangs over everything, but gets forced out of my writing for expediency. [...]
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Body, Mind and Sole*
I have two great regrets in my life: 1) One night when I was sixteen, I started laughing as my big high school crush was about to kiss me, and 2) my mom and I don’t wear the same size shoes. Such a bummer – she has good taste and more money than me.
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For The Love of Man!
You know what’s great? Men. Men are great because they do things like show up at other men’s houses with tools and trucks and take down old sheds, even when the other resident of that man’s house is a woman who is fully capable and into power tools.
The old shed came down today -another item [...]
Hey, little sister.
My parents separated over nine years ago, a split that I knew would happen from the time I was ten or eleven years old. They have both been in relationships with wonderful people for a few years now, and I consider myself very lucky that things have worked out so well for all of us. [...]
Seasonal Appropriateness Disorder
Spending lots of time in yoga studios over the past couple of winters, I have had ample opportunity to wonder what is wrong with people who wear flip-flops year-round. More times than I can count, I have thought, “Oh my god. Put on socks,” while sympathy frostbite set into my toes. Granted, Baltimore is not [...]
My Attic is Blown
It sounds like beatnik slang, or a euphemism better suited to a Misbehaving Tuesday post. Alas, like so many colorful descriptors, attic blowing is consigned to the parlance of home improvement contractors. Yesterday, when the insulation company rep called to confirm the appointment for this morning and told me, “We’ll be there at 8:00 to [...]
Misbehaving Tuesday – Kugel Edition
Yesterday was a very mild, pleasant, Misbehaving Tuesday. Not much doing, other than wearing some seasonally inappropriate footwear and making and eating way too much kugel. Some horn tooting: the kugel is really spectacular. I’ve posted the recipe on the food page. This is a nostalgic recipe for me; not only does it bring back [...]
Triptych
Finally. I finished the uber-triptych tonight, although I think it would be more accurately described as a meta-triptych. It is still rough, and if I ever come back to it, it will probably undergo significant edits. But, for now it is as done as it is going to be, and I am relieved. It was [...]
Thanksgiving Weekend Wrap-Up