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sequence of events

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heavy cream

While I knit for an hour tonight I watched some Food Network. I saw this oddly fascinating episode of Paula Deen, where she as usual created the most fattening calorific junk imaginable. The side course was this potato casserole, comprised of a layer of mashed potato, a layer of sour cream, onions and red peppers […]

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local novel writing half-decade

Once again, no nanowrimo for me, for you see, I am 140,000 words into my stupid novel already, therefore am overly qualified. But hey, maybe I’ll take it as an invitation to use this coming month as a time to get a shitload of my book goals accomplished. I made yummy sloppy joe filling and […]

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one hundreds

One Hundred Best Novels, according to Time Magazine The Modern Library The Guardian A survey of librarians Great Books Guide Madison Public Library (female authors) Publishing Triangle (lesbian and gay)

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shakermaker

I lived in the Bay Area for 13 years and felt many earthquakes. But I never felt one greater than a 5 on the richter scale. So naturally, six weeks after we leave, they get hit by a 5.6. Whew?

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merino wool

I spent this afternoon sitting on the couch knitting and watching Annie Hall. My hands need a rest now. Nachos for dinner!! YAY I went downtown today to the yarn store and the nice lady there helped me with my project. As I’d feared, it had to be taken apart and recast, but it’s okay. […]

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things in my head

WEATHER It’s cold today. I went outside for a long walk and wore my new hat over my ears. The deciduous leaves are all yellow and red now, and about half of them have fallen and blown into heaps and hillocks around town. The clouds sunk low today, so as I walked west I couldn’t […]

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sunday

Potatoes au gratin bubbling in the oven. I love gruyere cheese a lot. Brian is home, relaxing in the office with his video game. Today we slept in late and then after breakfast went downtown for coffee and personal projects at the cafe. I’ve been working on my book this weekend. Started reading “You Can’t […]

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morons

So you know those unlicensed “Calvin & Hobbes” decals people put in the back windows of their trucks, where Calvin is, like, pissing on the Ford logo or some football team’s helmet or whatever? And it’s really dumb and lame not to mention totally tired? Well, I just saw one that tops all of them. […]

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