I've barely been updating here because I've spent a lot of time replying to people this week. It never fails: I send out an email, I get a decent amount of replies. Some of these people I literally hear from once a year, and sometimes I never write them back until the next year's big honking letter, so I'm working hard to say *something* to ( Read more... )

I tend to clean when I have a lot on my mind. I've been cleaning a lot this week. So far, I've finished all my important-document shredding; I've dusted my room, which I haven't done in, like, ever; I've vacuumed; I've even pitched a few things ( Read more... )

I was online upstairs when the doorbell rang. I saw a FedEx truck at the end of the driveway, but no amount of peeking through the sidelights could show me a package. Hmm. I opened the door to get a better look and there you go--it was an envelope, placed between the storm door and the front door. (That's how we received mail in the city, by ( Read more... )