Monthly Snapshot :: October 2015

Current Obsessions (On Repeat)
Paprika burgers
Apples
Apple chips
Raw local honey
Asparagus (on sale!)
Kefir

Rummage sales
Old computer games (Lemmings, the Oregon Trail, Cross Country Canada, Museum Madness)

Favorites
Book(s): Rising Strong (Brené Brown) and Sky Burial (Xinran)
~~TV Show(s):~~
Film(s): Paper Towns (the only movie I watched this month, but still good)
Music: OctaHate (Ryn Weaver), Sweet Love of Mine (Joy Williams), Woman [Oh Mama] (Joy Williams)
Recipe(s): Kale/Chard + Carrots + Celery + Peppers + Meat of choice
Social Media: Royal Opera House World Ballet Day Livestream
Game/Software/Tech Thing: Roomstyler (online room builder), Vanshnookenraggen (transit map website), Dear Hank and John podcast, Kongregate (casual gaming), Hardcore History (podcast)
~~"Analog" Thing(s):~~
Item of Clothing: Maroon J Crew wool sweater & black windbreaker (blergh for snowy western Mass).
Wellness Related Thing: Walking around outside
~~On Going Project(s):~~
Thing(s) to Learn About: Historical relationships between North Asian countries, GIS
New Experiences: Weekend in western Mass
Memories: Electronic recycling, book shopping for grandma, Lafayette Apple Fest, Blue Heron Farm (Clarendon, MA), Bridge of Flowers and Glacial Potholes (Shelburne Falls, MA) and MassMoCA (North Adams, MA), Boston (Arnold Arboretum, Shake Shack <33, the ICA, Astronomy Night at the Science Museum, Boston Book Fest [Moshe Safdie, Claire Messud, and Colum McCann], the BPL Map Room, The Longfellow House, Shopping at Downtown Crossing)

Stats for this Month
Media: 2 episodes, 1 short films, (and I've slacked in my podcast tracking)
Reading: 4 books (including 1 audiobook)
Exercise: 26.76 miles walked and 1 hour and 31 minutes of yoga completed

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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. ...

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 .

12 on 12: September 2015

I had forgotten to do my 12 on 12 on the 12th this month so when I went out on Saturday I was only all too willing to get a bit snap happy. The day started out back in my old neighborhood at the annual library book sale. I stocked up and then we headed to my favorite places to shop: the farmers market, Trader Joes, and Wegmans. After that, we stopped off at the Stone Quarry Hill Art Park since Saturday was also the Smithsonian's annual Museum Day Live . The park was beautiful, we had a nice walk and even ran into a wedding party. We took the long way home and had a great time meandering through the country looking at old barns, cows, and windmills.

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