Monthly Snapshot :: November 2015

Current Obsessions (On Repeat)
Fresh coconut
Apples (still) and pears!
Roaster chicken
Asparagus
Cranberries

NaNoWriMo(ish)
Waiting for the furnace guy
QGIS and the MassGIS database
Tech support for my grandma's new tablet
Reading!
Spanish flashcards
Library visits

Favorites
Book(s): Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel), I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai), and In Order to Live (Yeonmi Park)
~~TV Show(s):~~
~~Film(s):~~
Music: Hello (Adele), How Deep is Your Love [Calvin Harris cover] (Daniela Andrade)
Recipe(s): Apple dumplings, Cranberry Muffins, "Pumpkin" Pie
Social Media: The Frey Life (YT vlogs)
Game/Software/Tech Thing: the Kittens Game (addicting idle clicker game), QGIS
"Analog" Thing(s): Hardcover books, and my bullet journal
Item of Clothing: black canvas Docs, Maroon J Crew wool sweater
Wellness Related Thing: Naps
~~On Going Project(s):~~
Thing(s) to Learn About: Sea level rise & flood resistant housing, History of the Middle East, Iceland, Scandinavia
~~New Experiences:~~
Memories: Buell open house, Syracuse day trip (the Regional Market flea market, Destiny USA, Trader Joes, Wegmans), walks to the library

Stats for this Month
Media: 0 episodes, 2 short films, (and I've slacked in my podcast tracking)
Reading: 15 books (including 2 audiobooks and 4 graphic novels)
Exercise: 6.41 miles walked and 10 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. ...

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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