Monthly Snapshot :: December 2015

Current Obsessions (On Repeat)

Turkey
Pork loin
Carrot cake

Walking on the treadmill
Cramming in tasks to complete 2015 goals

Favorites

Book(s): Baghdad Burning (Riverbend), The Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri), and Through the Woods (Emily Carroll)
~~TV Show(s):~~
Film(s): The Twelfth Day of Christmas (2015)
Music: Adele - 25; Dabin (ft. Daniela Andrade) - Hold
~~Recipe(s):~~
Social Media: P4A livestream
Game/Software/Tech Thing: Serial podcast
"Analog" Thing(s): LED light bulbs, clean pillowcases
Item of Clothing: black canvas Docs, Maroon J Crew wool sweater
Wellness Related Thing: Stop, Breathe, & Think
~~On Going Project(s):~~
Thing(s) to Learn About: International publishers and authors
New Experiences: Watching the bison run (Christmas Eve)
Memories: Christmas with the family aka top secret presents

101 in 1,001

Back in August of 2013 I made a list of 101 goals I wanted to accomplish in the next 1,001 days. Since I've forgotten to include this section in the last couple of snapshots, here's the goals I've completed since September.

Go apple picking (September)
Rent a cabin in the woods (October: Blue Heron Farm)
Do yoga five times a week for a month (October)
Take a photo a day for 6 months (November)
Finish a reading challenge (December 31st: Book Riots Read Harder 2015 Challenge)
Document a day in my life once a month (December)

Stats for this Month

Media: 1 episodes, 1 films, and 17 podcast episodes
Reading: 11 books (including 2 audiobooks and 1 graphic novel)
Exercise: 25.37 miles walked, 1 hour 13 minutes of yoga completed, and 37 minutes meditated
Writing: 9,038 words written (3 blog posts published)

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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. ...

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.

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 .

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