Category Archives: musings

Dispatches From the Desk of the Birthday Girl

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

My birthday is coming up (in just under two weeks).  In general, I dislike birthdays.  The fanfare makes me anxious.  As with all gift-giving-and-receiving events, the pressure to perform is high.  For instance, for my seventeenth birthday, my parents gave … Continue reading →

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Little Earthquakes

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

During my first weekend in London, my friend Jenn said over dinner: I’ve never been to Scotland. Over that dinner, an impromptu weekend trip north was planned.  When Friday came, I dashed out of the office to Gatwick.  We had … Continue reading →

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The Second Law of Thermodynamics

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

I went out to dinner on Valentine’s Day with my friend PG.  As I’ve previously mentioned, I share custody of him with eee, who met him on a volcano in Guatemala.  They’ve been the best of friends ever since, and … Continue reading →

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Nichols Canyon, Redux

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

I went to see the David Hockney exhibit at the Royal Academy early this evening.  There were a variety of reasons that I went, but the primary one was that I do love Hockney’s work, and the idea of what … Continue reading →

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Love Among the Ruins

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

…Oh heart! oh blood that freezes, blood that burns! Earth’s returns For whole centuries of folly, noise and sin! Shut them in, With their triumphs and their glories and the rest! Love is best. -Robert Browning, Love Among the Ruins … Continue reading →

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Menacing Earthworks

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

I have been having the kind of week where I am…run down.  I don’t mean that in a melodramatic way — I mean that in a perfectly ordinary way.  I’m quite good at making things into existential crises.  I use … Continue reading →

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The Road to Hell

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Oh I had such good intentions! I was going to run and write and pack and do all of the things that needed doing.  I was going to go to bed early.  Monday Meredith had prepped Tuesday Meredith for a … Continue reading →

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Pudding

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

It was our Burns Night dinner, and we had pudding.  I mean we had pudding, but not merely in the British sense of the word.  I’m talking Jell-o instant vanilla, here. I love pudding.  I love anything I can eat … Continue reading →

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Bummer of a Birthmark, And Other Stories

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Meanwhile, back in the land of my waning fertility, the blind date was finally scheduled.  For tonight. By text message on Monday and Tuesday, I talked Taylor out of the Peach Pit.  While that would’ve been a funny story, there … Continue reading →

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Fire

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

I confess that I have a thing for expensive candles. These days, I am not sure whether I have many vices, or few. I am, however, pretty sure that I have always had a thing for fire, generally, and candles, … Continue reading →

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