Monthly Snapshot :: May 1015

Current Obsessions (On Repeat)
Permaculture Plans
Rummage Sales
Packing/Travel Planning
Live Theatre/Music
Treadmill + Audiobooks
Walking Tours

Favorites
Book(s): Parable of a Sower by Octavia Butler
TV Show(s): Criminal Minds
Film(s): The Water's Fine (Short)
Music: Woman (Oh Mama) by Joy Williams; The Life (album) by Misty Boyce
Recipe(s): Coconut Coconut Flour Muffins, Fried Pork Steaks
Social Media: Pinterest and Twitter
Game/Software/Tech Thing: My new laptop; Google maps
"Analog" Thing(s): Paperback books, transit passes
Item of Clothing: Sunglasses, Newsroom baseball cap
Wellness Related Thing: Trader Joe's broccoli chips, Hemp seeds
On Going Project(s): Travelling
Thing(s) to Learn About: History of Tennessee
New Experiences: Bluegrass in a dive bar, intentionally flying standby
Memories: NYC (Shake Shack, The Way We Get By, The Highline, Strand Bookshop, Joy Williams in concert), Travel planning with my sister, shopping in Syracuse, Rummage sales, Boston (The Adams House, the Fort Point Chanel), airport shenanigans, Nashville (Centennial Park, Musician's Corner, Station Inn)

Stats for this Month:
Visual media: 6 episodes, and 4 films
Reading: 6 books (including 1 audiobooks)
Exercise: 44.42 miles walked, 0 hrs 36 mins of yoga, and 0 mins of meditation completed

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Teaser Tuesday - April 14th

"My mother would never let the hearth die in her home," Margret said. She felt Agnes turn to look at her, but didn't meet her gaze. "She believed that as long as a light burned in the house, the Devil couldn't get in. Not even during the witching hour." Agnes was quiet. "What do you believe?" she asked eventually. Margret extended her hands towards the flames. "I think a fire is a useful thing to keep a body warm," she said. - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading . For other contributions click here .

Teaser Tuesday - July 29th

Lack of perspective in literature (or in readers) often causes a contemporary condition I've heard referred to as "presentism"; that is, a disposition to judge all literature by the narrow standards of present time and present culture. This leads to the phenomena such as the denunciation of classic novels such as Huckleberry Finn , on grounds that they deal with issues such as slavery, women's civil rights, ect., in a way not consistent with the notion of present-day political correctness. - "Presentism" The Outlandish Companion by Diana Gabaldon Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading . For other contributions click here .

Earth Day aka "Green Love" 2008

Leafy Tree Pendant from OneElf Earth Day’s fast approaching and I’m super excited. My ‘hug a tree’ shirt’s ready and waiting and I’m impatiently counting down the hours. Yes I’m a giant geek, but it’s the one day where spreading the green love is totally socially acceptable. Although I will still try and refrain from yelling at people who chuck plastic bottles in the trash; I will not refrain from rolling my eyes at people who look at me funny when I remove perfectly good rolls of wrapping paper from the trash. It’s going to be fun. However since it is Earth Day I know everyone’s being berated with things like ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ and ‘turn the water off when you brush your teeth’. Important, yes, but I think there’s a bit of a bigger picture that gets missed in all that, so I’m going for something different. I’m not going to talk about it, at least not today. Today I’m talking about worms. Yes, I’m finally writing a real entry about something, and yes it’s about worms. ...

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