Monthly Archives: March 2005

I’m in Athens. It was much easier to get here from Dallas than from California. Much. Got to see both sides of my family this weekend, and I have a few days here before I head back. On the drive … Continue reading →

I had the most wonderful morning. I made my righteousness green tea and sat out on our little patio with my cat in my lap and smelled the thunderstorms rolling in in the distance. The sky overhead had that slightly … Continue reading →

So I’m trying to get through an impossible amount of work for the next five days, and though complicated, it is in fact quite enjoyable. The book is about the history of aphorisms. So here’s one I will share with … Continue reading →

I love the country music station the Range here. Tonight on the way home from yoga I heard Johnny Cash sing the old Depeche Mode “Own Personal Jesus.” Awesome. And yesterday, Cash’s early song I hadn’t heard in eons “Chicken … Continue reading →

I just ate the best lunch ever, and I made it myself! I heated up some of that roasted red pepper and mushroom soup and fixed (for the first time) pimento cheese and had sandwiches on toasted french bread, which … Continue reading →

So I tried sweet potato. For those of you who know me well, you know that in the past I would not eat anything sweet potato under any circumstances, because at approximately age six I had a standoff with my … Continue reading →

So I just looked down in my toilet and noticed a tired but still swimming spider. Evidently it landed in a very inopportune spot. I got a piece of toilet paper and dipped it to the water, and the spider … Continue reading →

For those who have asked, here’s the recipe I got from the Cooking Light book of super fast suppers. First make the Asian Barbecue Sauce: 2 tsp sesame oil 1/2 onion, finely chopped (about 3/4 C) 1/2 C cider vinegar … Continue reading →

So I had a huge day today with my new friend Diane. First we started at the Wooley Ewe, then progressed to lunch, gelato, and a foodie spree at the Central Market, then Barnes and Noble, then finishing up at … Continue reading →

Last night I was reading in one of Joe’s books by the Dalai Lama and a psychiatrist about happiness. It said that people who are happy tend to do nice things for others, and people who do nice things for … Continue reading →