I’m a Magpie
Why, hello there, Wednesday. Where on earth did you come from?
Here’s what’s hot and not this week. Inspired, once again, by Loobylu.
Hot:
1. Brian! He’s redesigned his website a bit, he’s featured on the Linney Group’s design blog today, and I just found out that the opening for his show at our neighborhood coffeeplatz coincides with [...]
1. I wish I were better at math.
2. I’d like to finish my novel, or write a new one, and see it published.
3. I wish I were better with people.
4. I wish that, instead of sirens, fire engines played ‘the hustle’.
5. I wish I remembered my Latin better.
6. I wish my natural speaking voice was [...]
For the next year, I’ll be taking part in Pajiba’s Cannonball Read, joining one hundred other bloggers as we read and review 52 books in one year.
Today I’ll be reviewing my first book: Stephen Fry’s novel, “Making History.”
There’s a certain romance to “what if.” At night, when I can’t sleep, I have a box of [...]
The Men in My LifeIn no particular order, save, perhaps, order of appearance. Or maybe height. I don’t know.
1. 2. 3. 4.
I’m pretty damn proud of my cookie recipe. It’s adapted from Rodale’s Naturally Great Foods Cookbook, by Nancy Albright, which I picked up for seven dollars at the Briarwod Bookshop in Annapolis my freshman year of college. I bought the book at 2:53 Pm on October 15th, 1995. How do know? Because the receipt [...]
Things I Made Today
1. Broth. Also known as ‘cleaning out the veggie bin.’2. Potato salad.3. Cookies.4. A funny little sign to go on the dishwasher so that we can tell by looking whether the dishes are clean or dirty. I used magnets!
Things I Learned Today:
1. The dishwasher door is plastic.
The cat just wandered in and demanded food. Where did he go? What did he do? Whatever it was, he doesn’t want me out of his sight. The feeling is mutual.
1. Blog
But that just seems unfriendly. So here’s what we had for dinner tonight. Elaine and Nona, a couple from across the street, came over. Brian and I want to be them when we grow up (not that they’re any older than us, really).
From WildHarvest.com:
Spring Wild Harvest Ragout With Fiddlehead Greens & Morels
Ingredients:
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1. Grapefruit: I don’t like it, but I like the juice.2. Pickwick Papers: a book that should be enjoyed someplace cozy, with a ready supply of tea and treats.3. Bears: furry.4. Weather: sunny but chilly5. Sleep: sleepy.7. Hats: Only extra large hats fit me. I’m mildly concerned that if I go in for steriod injections, [...]
I'm a freelance writer and perpetual graduate student living in San Francisco. Special skills include dog charming, brochure writing, slapdash cooking and long-winded nattering. I also enjoy watching the sunset reflected in the tall buildings downtown.
For a while there, I taught classes on Classical literature, philosophy, and the history of religion at New College of California. I have an MA and an MFA in Writing, and started library school in the fall of 2009.