Can I just tell you? It may sound counterintuitive to say this, but I really enjoy my commute. For starters, it’s a huge improvement over my Boston commute, which was 15 miles and an hour each way in bumper-to-bumper traffic (Alewife Brook Parkway, anyone?) — no thanks. Here, it’s 24 miles and [...]
Entries from March 2007
March 27, 2007
survivor
…and finally she emerges from beneath the pile of rubble.
I’m not sure how many details I’ve given in this space, so I’ll start from the beginning and try to be brief. I am the third generation of my family to own my house. My grandparents owned and lived in the house for 30+ years. My [...]
March 23, 2007
in training
You’re a Pack Rat in Training
You know those crazy old people with a ton of video tapes and cats?Well, you’re training to be one. Time to do some spring cleaning. Even if it isn’t spring!
Are You a Pack Rat?
Oh, the apt-ness of that picture (above) showing a pile of shoes…and I’ve already got two cats, [...]
March 19, 2007
le dull weekend
We went to a play (The Contrast, Royall Tyler — which was excellent and hilarious) on Friday night and it was all downhill after that. After the show, Joel drove me back to my car through the nasty weather and it became abundantly clear that he would not be able to drive his car [...]
March 15, 2007
not quite spring
It’s a very gray, foggy day here. This time of year — not still winter, not yet spring – has always had the power to make me feel sad, or at least nostalgic, about everything. Here’s a passage I recently read in Abide With Me (Elizabeth Strout) that really struck a chord:
“With her galoshes and [...]
March 10, 2007
second that emotion
Can anyone help me? You know how you feel when you hear from someone you haven’t talked to in a very long time, or you run into them in the grocery store, or at Target, or something? What do you call that feeling? I only ask because it seems like lately people [...]
March 7, 2007
reading rainbow
Just to be completely up-front, I will tell you in advance that this post is a total cop-out. And it has nothing to do with the picture above. Nothing creative to see here. Now you know. Anyhoo, I read this meme on the blog of fellow WordPress-er, Mama Urchin, and thought it [...]
