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Category Archives: life
The Year of… Wait, What?
This morning, I looked at the date on the calendar, and I did a not-for-the-benefit-of-comedy triple-take. It is May 16th, you guys. MID-MAY! How did this happen? The Year of Distraction is no joke. I think that the mild weather … Continue reading
Number 10
Today, I crossed off Number 10 on my 33 Before 33 list, which is: “Lose 25 lbs.” I decided on December 31 that I was 32 years old, that I had been dieting for the better part of 20 years, … Continue reading
I Do Not Want to Want What I Haven’t Got
I have been struggling a lot recently with separating my ambition from my greed. Is “recently” even right? Maybe I have been battling this on some level for most of my adult life. Every time that things are good in … Continue reading
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Better Get Cracking
Just now, I was sitting in bed in my pajamas, listening to one of my favorite sounds: Matt mowing the lawn. It’s the first lawn mowing of the year, a sure sign that spring is here for real, much more … Continue reading
Raffle to Benefit Japan
I know that most of you are in the same place that I am: you’ve donated what money you can to help those who’ve been affected by the Pacific Tsunami, but you want to do more. Japan has been the … Continue reading
New Shirts for Milo
When it comes to clothes for Milo, we have really lucked out. Milo has no fewer than six older boy cousins who send him all of their hand-me-downs. Aside from onesies, underwear, and socks, we haven’t bought a stitch of … Continue reading
The Year of
This is my (dear, frank, amazing, inspiring, much-loved) friend Sara (on the right, I am on the left, our friend Melissa is in the center): I treasure this picture. I took it of the three of us after we’d been … Continue reading
New Blog: Cooking Everything Vegetarian
Thank you to those of you who commented here or emailed me yesterday about my attempt to cook through every recipe in Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. I decided that my preferred method to keep track of which … Continue reading
How to Cook How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
Maybe you remember that a few months ago, when I was composing my life list, I cheerily added this doozy as #31: 31. Cook my way through Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, even the stuff I know like … Continue reading