Entries Tagged as 'The Calm'
The blog will be pretty quiet this week, I’ll be out of town for work and then Jon and I have lots of fun plans: NFL game, decorating for the holidays, and enjoying this dark time of year– perfect for this cocktail and nights on the couch with a book.
(Image via Martha Stewart Living)
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Tags: Cooking · The Calm
This is the kind of weekend I’ve needed: family in town, a very laid back BBQ at a friend’s, and finding the perfect bedside table for less than $40. Yes, summer you’ve come through just in time. I can easily (blog) categorize the weekend as: “just life,” “shopping,” and “the calm.”
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Tags: Just Life · The Calm · shopping
Thurn & Taxis pieces, detail
Even though I wasn’t blogging, I’d like to pretend it’s because I spent the last few weeks with Jon playing, relaxing… oh, and working. My parents sent me this amazing game, Thurn & Taxis, for my birthday! You compete to build postal routes across Germany! Hello, could this game get any [...]
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Tags: The Calm · mail
We’ve been going to a lot of movies lately– in part this is because Jon loves movies and will sit through just about anything. Mostly, though, I think Hollywood has finally come out of its slump. For a while there was just nothing I wanted to pay $8 to sit through. That phase seems to [...]
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Tags: Photography · The Calm
“Misty road to 2007” from Hans S’ Flickr stream.
Licensed via the Creative Commons.
Mist
by Henry David Thoreau
Low-anchored cloud,
Newfoundland air,
Fountain head and source of rivers,
Dew-cloth, dream drapery,
And napkin spread by fays;
Drifting meadow of the air,
Where bloom the dasied banks and violets,
And in whose fenny labyrinth
The bittern booms and heron wades;
Spirit of the lake and seas and [...]
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Tags: Poetry · The Calm
March 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Long night with Jon, drinking wine and talking about anything from politics to babies to traffic patterns in DC. It was nice, just what I needed at this point in my life.
Lots of rejection and frustration and confusion this week– it’s been rough, no lie. So today, my favorite things in one place: flowers, the [...]
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Tags: Just Life · The Calm
March 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Just a quick post today as I have got to head to the library for several hours days worth of thesis work. I thought I’d share one of my favorite TV clips from childhood– the Sesame Street crayon factory segment. Have I told you about my big crayon-a-week plan? I want to get a box [...]
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Tags: The Calm
We spent Fri-Sun evening in NYC– it was a lovely, quick getaway. Jon’s been working like crazy lately and my thesis stresses me out. I felt so blissed out for most of the trip. Maybe we didn’t see as much as we “should have,” but we slept well, ate well, and held hands across the [...]
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Tags: Just Life · Photography · The Calm
In a slight break from my previous “Poetry Friday” posts, this week I am putting up the transcript of Rev. Dr. Lowery’s benediction. My reasons for this are two. First, I preferred his speech to the official poem. Second, I think it sums up my feelings about the event and this whole week more than [...]
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Tags: Poetry · The Calm
January 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Aint she a beaut? Meet my new bicycle– a 21″ vintage Peugeot, complete with cargo rack and adorable horn. The French woman who sold it to me called it a ringer. It is basically rust-free (just one tiny little spot on the front) and in working order. God bless Craig’s List. I’ve been waiting for [...]
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Tags: Learning · The Calm