happy stuff.

today, a patron at the library approached me and started in with a meandering request that went something like this, “a few years ago, i saw this documentary on pbs about a man.” and i settled in for the long haul. he went on to elaborate (slowly and very small bit by very small bit) [...]

i decided to try to make today car-free for me and i succeeded! i ended up biking a total of 29 miles. after doing the aids ride two years ago, that doesn’t seem like a huge number anymore, but when i realized that i had saved the world from the exhaust of an entire gallon [...]

one time, when my family was travelling, my mom brought along a book of 100 questions that will spark conversations (or something like that) and she flipped through and picked her favorites and we would talk about them. one of the questions was, “if you could take any vacation to anywhere in the world and [...]

what a busy weekend! it started with a concert. we went to see “eddie from ohio” at the majestic–a new music venue in town. what a cool theatre! they’ve re-vamped this old theatre so that all of the seats on the main floor taken out and replaced by comfy seats and sofas and tiny tables. [...]

i’m not sure why pudding cups appeal to me as much as they do. i never had them as a child. maybe it’s the convenience of single serving packs that don’t even need to be refrigerated (?!). maybe it’s licking the lid. maybe it’s the almost plastic-y smoothness of commercially produced pudding. maybe it’s because [...]

so for this class i’m taking, we have to do some research into underground newspapers of the 60′s. we’ve each been put into small groups and assigned a specific newspaper to do some research on. (the classes before us for the last few years have had to do research on “dead dictators” so this topic [...]

yesterday, i biked to church (woo hoo! first time on bike outdoors this year!) and while i was going through the woodsy bit at the beginning, there were a lot of runners and walkers out enjoying the sun. one man that i passed was jogging with headphones on and he was crouched over a piece [...]

my mom called yesterday morning. their little farm got a new lamb this weekend! i remember a few years ago when i visited a sheep farm (storytime field trip) and saw new baby lambs for the first time. i never knew they actually bounced around so cute like they do–i figured it was cartoonists taking [...]

spring is getting nearer. i can tell because the first flowers that come up each year have bloomed! there are a crop of tiny yellow flowers in my neighbor’s yard that i have a perfect view of when i wash dishes. i have committed photographic trespassing once again to bring you this cheerful image.

last night, i made lasagna, salad and garlic bread for supper. i came up with this menu about an hour and a half before i needed to have food on the table, so i didn’t have time to make bread from scratch, so i bought a 99-cent loaf at the grocery store when i went [...]