Fortune cookies speak to me. In a long standing tradition of some three months, I and members of my tribe enjoy Chinese takeout from the eminently authentic Safeway deli on our weekly foray into the Big Town (population: darn near 50,000). And while the Chinese food of the grocery store is not as genuine as [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Baby, It’s Cold Outside! (That’s Why I’m Inside)
December 14th, 2011
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Okay, so maybe this doesn’t mean much to you people in Scottsdale, Arizona, or Hilo, Hawaii, but Baby it’s cold outside! The Norwegian Artist and I regularly walk three miles a day, in one mile increments, but lately I’ve been joining the dog near the wood stove and giving the Norwegian That Look when he [...]
My Beautiful Mind
December 7th, 2011
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I’m a dinosaur — a cute, small one — because I still use checks as opposed to a debit card. As punishment for this, the check company sent my documents in a flat package that included a box — also flat, unfolded, to be assembled by the addressee (me, unfortunately). Yes, there were (nominal) directions and [...]
Living Green? Don’t Be Weird about It
December 1st, 2011
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While I rarely involve myself in groupie things, I participate now and then when the reason is right. This particular event was an ad hoc assemblage of women, fabric, and sewing machines churning out shorts and shirts and knitted caps for babies on another continent. At the end of the day, the leader approached me [...]
