Archive for the ‘how to charm me’ Category
At the last minute our plans for yesterday evening changed, and we found ourselves wondering what to do after I got off work at 5. So we ambled down to The Bruery for a rainbow of seasonal beverages: And while remarking on what perfect weather it was for being outdoors, we debated various possibilities of [...]
For years I had a print of a couple kissing in a train station hanging my bedroom. It’s not the exact one above, but was very much like it. I got the print while I was an undergraduate in college, and was probably dreaming a bit too much about passionate kissing and not enough about [...]
Two weeks ago we flew to Denver for the weekend, staying in a small writer’s cabin on the top of a hill near Estes Park. Driving there in the dark that first night we saw fields full of deer staring at us as we meandered around curving unpaved roadways. All night long we could hear [...]
My birthday fell about halfway through my trip to Europe in May, while we were in Tuscany and staying at a villa just outside of San Gimignano. The night before I thought a lot about what I wanted to do that day. We’d already had several whirlwind days of traveling so I thought it would [...]
For Christmas he gave me an Italian map and the generous gift of a vacation wherever I wanted to go…(with the gentle suggestion that he thought Tuscany would suit me well). He was right. As he so often is. :) Grazie PS: and of course the trip has had more than a few trains–from the [...]
I think I’m gonna get kinda mushy in this post. But it’s so pretty outside today, I think I’ve lost my head a bit… The longer days and the recent daylight-saving time switch mean that I’m getting home at night while it’s still light outside. Such a huge difference that makes in how weary I [...]
Lately I’ve been doing some electronic spring cleaning, which means clearing a bunch of old draft posts out of my dashboard. I’m either shaping them up and scheduling for publishing, or dumping them. Which means, perhaps a bit of randomness in my posting-topics over the next few weeks as I revisit stuff that’s been on [...]
Build a wee cabin in the Concord woods near Walden Pond and then write a book about your experience living in said cabin. Swoon! Let us first be as simple and well as Nature ourselves, dispel the clouds which hang over our brows, and take up a little life into our pores. Do not stay [...]
Tell me that this week, you’re cooking dinner (and washing the dishes). So when I get home from work in the evening I can focus on meeting my writing deadlines instead of fretting about in the kitchen. swoon! :)
Tidy all of the dark and scary corners of my garden so they become less attractive to the local rodent population, and even set up a table with a potting area for me to work on re-planting my herbs and flowers. :) Note: this morning, in full daylight, I happened upon a long-tailed beastie in [...]
Fix my 1943 Singer sewing machine–the one that’s been broken for about 5 years. And in the process, give me a little bit of an electronics lesson, too. :)
While I’m enjoying some lingering goodbyes with my party guests, get started on the dishes and have them nearly done by the time I return to the kitchen. Swoon! PS: other than my failure to acquire ample numbers of goblets, plates and silverware, the new house is a great venue for cooking and enjoying pie [...]
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