February 2012
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a nomad's life isn't all fun and games, part 1
We’ve been driving to a new destination every week since Christmastime. In that time, we’ve already accumulated quite a bit of practice at fixing things. It seems that owning an RV is kind of like owning an old house: there’s always something going wrong.
I believe that the majority of our trailer problems aren’t because our trailer is a PoS (no matter what we may curse...
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this is the kind of civil disobedience I can get... →
“Guerrilla grafters” are grafting fruiting tree branches onto public trees in San Francisco. Say what you will about defacing public property; I think this is a beautiful project and one that will only benefit the neighbors who are lucky enough to live on a block that houses the spliced trees.
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Seriously
Source: themetapicture.com via Kat on Pinterest
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January 2012
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Clickety-click...
One of the best things I’ve done (in terms of personal entertainment, at least) is to start using an RSS feed reader. And before Google changed their Reader and took away the sharing and comment function (grumble grumble) it was the best social network I could have hoped for. That aside, the RSS reader is like my TV; there’s always a ton of content and it’s so much fun and so...
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it's a new year
Hello friends.
Hope you’ve all enjoyed the holidays. I love the New Year portion of the holiday season best; it’s the perfect foil for a holly jolly atheist like me…. I get to wish you (and random strangers) some good cheer without feel hypocritical.
Anyway, I wanted to pop in to share some thoughts about my hoped-for accomplishments and new habits I hope to cultivate in 2012....
December 2011
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November 2011
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I forgot to mention...
…that while he was on tour, Ben was charmed by a dumpster-diving stranger so much that he brought her home.
This tiny kitty was hanging out in the woods behind a motel in Roanoke. She made the trip from Virginia to Toronto to Philadelphia is getting used to life with us (the other two critters in the family are acclimating to her pretty well, too). She’s under a year old and was...
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October 2011
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seven billion
According to The Bugle, the seven billionth member of the populace will be born on Monday 31 October. This led to a Malthus reference, which always makes me happy.
Our due date is tomorrow, but most babies (at least first babies) are late. Kai’s not coming out today, that’s for sure. Maybe he’ll be number 7,000,000,000?
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on taking your husband's name
My friend Diane shared this short post via Google Reader a couple weeks ago. If you don’t feel like clicking through, the gist of it is that ladies who take their husbands’ names are not viewed (professionally) as favorably as as those who keep their given last names.
Over the summer, a friend asked me why I hadn’t taken Ben’s last name when we got married. I said the...
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a re-engineered family farm →
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I want more honesty in my blog reading...and I... →
After years of being in the closet (from Catholic to questioning to agnostic…) I am no longer timid about the fact that I am an atheist. I used to define myself as an antitheist, but let’s face it, organized religion (which is really where my beef lies) is too engrained in most societies to be truly eradicated. So…I stick with plain old atheist. No need to be mean to people...
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styling your pregnant self, part 1
I’m writing this with three weeks to go until Kai’s due date, so I haven’t quite finished my what-the-fuck-do-I-wear-today journey. I think it’s fair to say that I likely will not get much bigger or much more uncomfortable (I hope), so I’m writing this for all my lovely girlfriends who might be interested in maternity fashion (or lack thereof!).
First of all, HUGE...
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a fresh start and belated blog birthday
Friends,
I love writing. And I love having conversations. I (maybe foolishly) thought that blogging would satisfy both of those loves. Posting started a bit over a year ago when I thought that perhaps my blog might be simply a cache of stupid haikus.
Right now, a little over a year into this blog’s creation, I’m struggling with the decision to continue with this mish-mosh format of...
September 2011
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it's all downhill from here
Five weeks to go until Kai’s due date and it can’t here soon enough for my taste.
I am of course incredibly excited to meet our little dude, but honestly, equal to or greater than that desire is my wish to just get my body back. I have a strong, sturdy body, but lately, I’ve felt anything but. I can actually walk without waddling, which is my one small (and admittedly...
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I'm a day or two late...
….but congrats, boys. I <3 all of you.
(photo from philly.com)
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Ten years is a long time...and at the same time,...
I found a couple posts to share with you.
This one and this one are good reads. And this one I couldn’t agree with more.
I hope you had a reflective weekend.
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seagull in Hermosa Beach
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some thoughts on expectations
It’s the 32nd week of gestation. Kai’s going to be arriving in about two months. While I don’t think it’s possible to effectively prepare mentally for this event, I’ve been thinking a little bit about expectations for Kai (his growth, development, SAT scores, ukulele virtuosity, his ability to buy into the American dream….ya know, the usual). I actually...
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The Lake House
It’s Labor Day, and it doesn’t feel right to be anywhere other than the Poconos. Sigh.
All photos taken during summer 2005.
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WatchIt’s not been a good week, friends. So…how about…..a video of a tiny duck?
(via EmersonMade.)
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please...click away
Earlier this week, the blogs I frequent had some really excellent content, so I am sharing the best of them with you. Lots of bloggers do this regularly…and I always look forward to seeing what they’re reading. Especially Joanna.
Cooking advice from Kitchn readers. I especially liked “don’t be a prisoner to a recipe.”
A story about learning to love your newborn.
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August 2011
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a little café date
Apparently this blogger thinks I’m that girl.
Well, me and many, many others who have a personal blog, that is. I would prefer to actually remember a delicious little loaf of brioche that I shared with my husband on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Ben just left for his new gig (or as I’ve been calling it, The Circus) this past weekend; it’s putting him on the road for the next...
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three-quarters finished...
It’s thirty weeks in
And when I look down, I sigh,
“Goodbye, feet. For now.”
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this evening...
…I scored over 200 points in Scrabble* for the first time in my freaking life.
Fluke or not, I’m proud.
On a more somber note, Ben is heading out of town next weekend for his new gig with The Circus. He’ll be away for about eight weeks, returning the week before the little dude is scheduled to make his first appearance.
It’s of course crappy timing but also...
