In the past 48 hours I have learned the french word for porcupine, bought lipstick and new shampoo, said a small but heartbreaking goodbye, been in an argument, not done any homework at all, been compared to Emmy Lou Harris, read a book that always leaves me slightly unsettled, been reassured, celebrated a birthday, not [...]
Archive for May, 2009
96 Hours
Posted in Small Moments, tagged Small Moments on 18 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An Actual Conversation
Posted in Overheard, Small Moments on 12 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Me: I have settled on orbit orange. It is traffic cone orange. Only brighter
Friend Far Away: Is that an orange that says, vibrant, happy, assertive or an orange that says, please take care when diverting around me?
Me: I think it would be both.
The Smallest View
Posted in Uncategorized on 9 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Miss E. and I read a book once in which one of the women made a point to introduce people by sharing three interesting facts. For some time, we implemented this with hilarious results. I still find myself returning to it as a surefire tactic to help people remember each other. They may not remember [...]
Overheard – At The Secondhand Shop
Posted in Overheard on 9 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shopper: Oh, Mr. Follett! Why do I always look at your books?
For Jodi – A Caloric Report
Posted in cooking on 1 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Breakfast – Shake. Cup of tea.
Lunch (Dinner?)- some sort of meat and cheese ensemble gathered from the meat and cheese drawer.
Dinner (Supper?)- Grilled pork with peanut sauce. Rice. Broccoli. Chocolate bunny leftover from Easter.
There will probably be a snack later.
There, I think I kept my promise.
This Week in my World: Small Moments
Posted in Growing, Overheard, School, Small Moments, tagged Growing, Overheard, Small Moments on 1 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A conference at which the sessions I thought would be intriguing were close to horrible and the sessions I thought would be unbearable were amazing.
On lunch break from said conference, walking through the city. It was overcast, but not cold. Four blocks east, two blocks north, four blocks back west, two blocks south. The most [...]
