[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Car ride. I sat behind the driver’s seat. My son sat next to me. Cows and horses and sheep out the windows.Open sky. Grass. Trees. Green, red, orange and yellow leaves. A chill in the fresh [...]
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Best of 2009: Shop
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Shop. This has been a year of not buying. (Conveniently, it’s a lot easier not to spend money when you work from home; no lunches out, no dress code; no happy hours…and yeah, it’s also depressing. [...]
Best of 2009: Word or phrase
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Word or phrase. A word that encapsulates your year. Intense Amazing Backbreaking Liberating Vital.
The Best of 2009: Tea
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Tea of the year. Lemongrass. I’m a coffee drinker addict. (It keeps me from hitting the harder stuff, like cocaine stalking Nick Cave.) But I do love tea, and all its accoutrements. That said, this tea [...]
Best of 2009: Rush
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Rush. When did you get your best rush of the year? I’m a little hesitant to post this. It’s all manner of silly. And also, it’s been a rough day (sick boy in the ER) and [...]
Best of 2009: Best change you made to the place you live
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] What’s the best change you made to the place you live? The thing about working from home is that you find yourself spending a lot more time at home. Which is mostly fantastic, as far as [...]
Best of 2009: The best place.
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] The best place. A coffee shop? A pub? A retreat center? A cubicle? A nook? Our condo is too small and too dark. The few windows do not let in enough light, let alone enough fresh [...]
Best of 2009: “Album”
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Album of the year. What’s rocking your world? I’m a music snob. An obsessive music snob. (I am other kinds of snob as well, but this post is about music.) In spite of–or because of?–that, I”m [...]
Best of 2009: Challenge
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Challenge. Something that really made you grow this year. That made you go to your edge and then some. What made it the best challenge of the year for you? On February 2nd of this year [...]
Best of 2009: Moment of Peace
[I'm participating in Gwen Bell's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge, in case you're all like, what's with the theme?] Quiet moments have been few and far between this year. While I’m normally pretty good at shutting off the various insistent hootings and hollerings of the monkey brain, this year I’ve been hustling pretty much nonstop. [...]
