I check the "new arrivals" "newly ordered" books page at the library with terrifying frequency. One of the highlights of this activity is reading the ridiculous romance titles (a pastime from the bookstore I sorely miss). Today ( Read more... )

An open letter to the girl I saw in the elevator ( Read more... )

On my ever growing list of "Things That Are Not A Good Sign", we can add "Checking horoscope every day". I was particularly chilled by today's offering (well, one of today's offerings - I cross-reference when I'm in a real state ( Read more... )

Hooray! I didn't get this up last night on account of being away from the computer. However, yesterday did have some rather charming happy moments, including (but not limited to ( Read more... )

Open invitations.

It doesn't matter if I have a key - the odds are I'm not going to let myself into someone else's house unannounced. But the fact of the invitation to do so, the certainty with which anyone in the world would say, literally and seriously, "Come and stay any night you need to, just let yourself in", is astonishing. And is today's ( Read more... )

How much my mother laughs, and worries, and rants, and obsesses, and makes better, and loves Mamma Mia.

Obviously failed to update yesterday. But. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts. Wrapping a present and being immersed in that unshakeable belief that They Will LOVE This.

(Even if they probably won't, ultimately, LOVE This.)

This one will probably seem a little shallow, but today, before various family members descended on the house, I almost had a day. A nice little self-centered day. I wrapped up some Christmas packages. I watched a Nigella Christmas special on the Food Network with my dad (at once converting him both to Nigella and to the Food Network), and I played ( Read more... )

It occurs to me that I should be using German numbers, since I'm taking the class and all ( Read more... )

Well, today there was a very long walk, and although there is some residual pain (because you can only slide your way along so many sidewalks before your hips doth protest) (yes yes, they don't lie, but they do protest), it was lovely to have a good long walk. Especially with a full moon rising mistily in the sky - it made the walk much easier in ( Read more... )