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Things I have time to do when I forget to bring my homework to baseball practice: Log in to my blog for the first time in years Write a blog post for the first time in years Respond to people I’ve been ignoring for the past ten days Try to pay tuition and fail, remembering…

Saw the giant redwoods! Life-long dream: check. Now I need to find a new dream . . . As if that will ever be a problem in my life. (my life!) Felt immensely poor. Bought 1 (yes, one!) bottle of nail polish. I rock my own socks off. Started taking piano lessons. Quit taking piano…

37 books, a paltry offering. When 2016 started I told myself that reading wasn’t important. It would happen when it happened but mostly I had other things to concern myself with. I stayed true to the things that were important. Reading, unfortunately wasn’t one of them. 16 novels. 9 self-help. 2 new favorite writers. 1…

Today is December 1. It’s officially my birthday month. For years I thought 30 would mean something. A turning point, a destination and a beginning both. I don’t know what I thought it would mean. More than this. It is a day in a lifetime full of days that are extraordinary because I am living…

Today I am missing New York. The dense foliage colored in fall, the brisk winds and endless gray skies. There is a particular bridge that I love. It stands between the Albany airport and Saratoga Springs. Whether coming or going I would forget my bridge. Then I would turn the bend. It was always the…

Guys. My computer is running like it is 1999. Seriously. I am so so tired right now. I’ve been yawning since 8pm. Cause I’m cool like that. So what am I doing? Awesome April update, of course. I am also writing in my journal. At the same time. Multi-writer. Or something. Why am I writing…

Stop freaking out. Be relentless in my pursuit of doing good. Buy a dozen eclairs once a month. Learn how to feed myself. This includes knowing how to feed myself when I’m overwhelmed and want to do nothing but hide in my bed. Try a new recipe each week from one of my magazines. Soak…

I bought a house. I traveled a lot. I don’t remember how many times or to how many places. I read 75 books. I went through the entire holiday day season without baking anything. Lots of plans for things to bake. Ingredients bought. Yet, no baking. Or candy making. This is a lifetime first. I’m…

The Favorites: Cry the Beloved Country Everything I Never Told You Joy Luck Club Housekeeping Gone With the Wind Station 11 Wildwood Dancing The Prydian Chronicles The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak The Disappointments: Doll Bones Girls in White Dresses Outlander Mennonite in a Little Black Dress A Thousand Pieces of You The Heart…

This is a new end of year wrap-up post. Probably I have more of those than any one person should. This one seemed important. Also, it’s the middle of the night. All sorts of things seem like a good idea in the middle of the night. I’ve spent most of the past 48 hours sleeping.…