Archive for November, 2006
Sunday, November 12th, 2006
Ready for his closeup
This, I am proud to say, is Jordie, the sweetest dog in the world–really Mahatma Gandhi in a dog suit, although he has gotten very old and a little bit confused by the way things work.
For instance, lately he will come into a room where we are reading or watching television, and look completely [...]
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Saturday, November 11th, 2006
Best homemade bread ever
My life has suddenly changed direction, due to a recipe I read in the New York Times’ Minimalist column, by Mark Bittman.
I’ve decided to spend the rest of the winter making and eating homemade bread every single day. I know there are lots of people who have turned their backs on bread in favor of [...]
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
A late fall show of strength
So! The election is over, our government is once more a two-party system, and, by all accounts, life should be settling down and getting calmer. I should be getting more done, since, after all, the national suspense is over. My little email jingle isn’t ringing five times a day with political messages–Move On needing me to make [...]
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Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
A day of Diane
I got to see my friend Diane this past week–and even though I am right this minute simultaneously writting this blog entry, cooking dinner, eating leftover candy corn, angsting over the upcoming election results tonight, IMing with my kids, and doing a load of laundry–I still am possessed of this hazy, golden memory of walking [...]