So my new hobby is watching "Roots" and crying. (I shed tears during and after every goddamn episode, and not just the ones with LeVar!) A few times last week my brothers or Mama Epp join me. She cried, too.

Today the Ripon College library had a discarded book sale. I think my favorite words in the English language are "used book sale"--when they' ( Read more... )

To get one re-used paper notebook bound in downtown Milwaukee costs $2.50.

At RC, one costs twenty-five centsJust call me Country Mouse, I am content ( Read more... )

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I really like the way clothes in hot dye smell.

I felt like Innocent Erendira stirring a huge cooking pot over the stove, but luckily I didn't fall asleep and burn my grandmother's house down...
And I am very happy with how new my old clothes look. Rit purple is gorgeous.

The word sidereal appears in every work of magical realism, or at least it should ( Read more... )

I've become a book-hermit. I can't help it. I'm mesmerized ( Read more... )

Lao Tzu said, “A journey of a thousand leagues starts from where your feet stand ( Read more... )

Lunch yesterday with Saba, Tahira, Asma and Tania made me really, REALLY sad about missing the HDF Josh concert. But, it was still good to see those ladies.

Spent some quality time with Ainge, my new upstairs neighbor. Watched The Syrain Bride on DVD. We saw that in the theaters in Cape Town ( Read more... )

But how do you think these are made?

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Deciding to study in the Brew today was one of the best decisions I've made in 2007. I've never believed in serendipity so strongly ( Read more... )