i am: procrastinating
listening to: blessed silence
drinking: cup of brown joy
After a cup of tea (two spoonsful for each cup, and don't let it stand more than three minutes,) it says to the brain, "Now, rise, and show your strength. Be eloquent, and deep, and tender; see, with a clear eye, into Nature and into life; spread your white wings of ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: my ears ringing
drinking: nothing at the moment

hello LJ people, i think of you often, and am keeping up with your entries, but have fallen back into that evil habit of mentally replying to your entries. i am not a very good LJ friend. :(
as usual, i have nothing of import to impart, nary an entertaining ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: dogs next door barking
drinking: iced green tea

i usually look forward to mondays; i reclaim my house on mondays; i'm one of those people who puts a high value on personal space, and i make no secret of it.
so today being monday puts it ahead of the game to start. and then a series of positive things ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: the tinkling of wind chimes
drinking: british blend tea

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i am: present and accounted for
listening to: it's very quiet in here at the moment
drinking: iced tea
i seem to have been stuck in hibernation mode lately; i've been working through a manuscript that's extremely challenging, and at the same time quite entertaining. i have less than 100 pages left to do though, and then one or two more. it seems ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: the a/c cranking - it hasn't stopped in days
drinking: raspberry lemonade

( an excerpt from the last kingdom )

i am: not getting any work done
listening to: the washer spinning
drinking: british blend tea

though you wouldn't know it from ( this dream i had last night )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: yog snoring
drinking: glaceau vitamin water (focus)

i finished up my reread of christopher moore's a dirty job last night, and i was so sad for it to end. i'd forgotten what a wonderful escape into the absurb it was, how truly amusing and bizarre, but at the same time engrossing for the storyline. the ( Read more... )

i am: extremely tired
listening to: something dramatic on the tv in the other room
drinking: iced tea

i've spent so much time with the herbal i'm presently working on today that i can barely see straight. before i arrived at this state though, i typed up an excerpt from jasper fforde's the eyre affair to share with janeeyre017 in email, but decided to post ( Read more... )

i am: i said, to no one there
listening to: a truck, somewhere, backing up
drinking: aquafina - pure water * perfect taste

i've been pretty sick the past ... i don't know how long it's been. time is relative, especially when you're prepared and wishing for death. the "antibiotic cocktail" my dentist gifted me with ("just in case," like i'll do that ( Read more... )