I've been having the most ridiculously awesome time lately. My writing is being well received, I feel like people listen to me and that I don't make a fool of myself when I talk. I'm being genuine, intimate, and open with people, and people like it. They like me. I'm finally not hiding my light under a bushel, shining it the ways I know best, and I ( Read more... )

Having a pretty terrific weekend so far. And that was after a stormy week ( Read more... )

I'm sprouting some emmer grains that I got at the co-op when I was writing about the Heritage Grain Conservancy.


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Kevin and I started the morning with this really wonderful, even emotional, conversation about what he really wanted to eat. Welling up out of him came a description of a soup that he wanted to eat for breakfast. Meat stock, with fatty cooked meat slices and shredded raw Napa cabbage, all warmed to a hot soup. As far as I know, he has never eaten ( Read more... )

A couple days ago, I was floundering as I recovered from Kevin's "staycation," but I've since recovered and am productive. In fact, doing shit was what I needed to do to stop flailing. Today I had a couple of rewards for my writing. One was getting front page of Open Salon with an Editor's Pick for my essay, "Local tomatoes." Another was having ( Read more... )

Just got back from Mountain Park in Holyoke, where we saw The Decemberists. Good show and a really nice venue, as we were all outdoors on a big grassy hill. There was a smoking area, but someone lit up near us and it came right at us. Kevin tried to stop me at first, but then I went over and asked the guy to move to the smoking area. He made a big ( Read more... )

Freelancing is taking me out of my comfort zone, consistently; whenever I follow a story, I have to go talk to people, which is the big scary thing that stretches me the most. I have to do other new things, too: drive places I've never been, learn about new subjects, and participate in activities I don't, usually ( Read more... )

You know how you get songs stuck in your head? For the past few days, it's songs I sang as a kid. One is a cheesy one from chorus. Now it's "Found a Peanut ( Read more... )

I spent today in the glorious outdoors, enjoying the mild weather, and dear company, and exercise. First, Kevin hooked Charlie up to the Walky Dog and we all took a bike ride to the Mill River. I posted pictures on Facebook. Then, on FB, our dog called out Andy's dog, MoMo, who blogs about his bike rides. Andy just bought a fancy Dutch bike that ( Read more... )

Today, it rained a lot. It was a perfect, typical spring rainy day. The magnolias on Smith campus are in bloom. There are leaves on the raspberries, everywhere. I walked Charlie in the rain for hours, and walked and rode in it for hours more without him, running my errands. I got a lot of work done on my bike. I arranged to get new eyeglass lenses ( Read more... )