Writing
I posted this morning on Tumblr about making waffles for the kids, and afterwards it occurred to me that I could share a list of my recommended cookbooks, since a good cookbook saved my butt today. So far I have four that I really think everyone who cooks should have:
Quotes
And because a physical space in the world can always be returned to, so we feel irrationally, somehow certain, impossibly certain, that we should be able to return again to some often unfinished relationship, some childhood scene or situation or regretted outburst of love or temper or to undo some
Writing
I’m sitting in the car line waiting for school to get out to take my kids home. My engine is off, but so many others are on that I can feel the vibration and hear the low rumble, so much that I keep checking the dash to verify the
Writing
It’s been a good day so far, though I don’t want to jinx it by saying so. I’ve kept up with my commitments and obligations, including the commitments and obligations I made to myself. Sometimes those are the hardest to puzzle out. The day was going along
Writing
Download 53rd-st-2.m4a We’ve been pretty much vegetarian this summer. Three of us are still eating meat, but it’s become less often and mostly fish now. One thing that we all like, though, is smoked tofu and smoked salmon. For the tofu, I use this recipe, which is
Writing
My mother turned into a butterfly and flew away and broke my heart. Yesterday afternoon, I took the boys to their school open house to meet with their teachers and get a chance to see their classrooms. I was glad for the chance. Their school does a get-together in a
Quotes
Be everywhere. Automations exist to make distribution possible wherever your audience is, with as little or as much personal involvement and customization as you like. But be your best here. Own piece of the internet, under your own name and on your own terms. I think I’m at my
Writing
So I wrote last night, which was interesting, different, unexpected and a little liberating. I’ve been reading Patrick Rhone’s blog, Rhoneisms, and he’s been directing me to writers like CJ Chilvers, who implores you to just write if you have a blog. A blog is a personal
Writing
It’s hard, harder than I thought it would be. And I forgot how this is so tiring, not just being depressed, but the stoically trying to keep things moving forward, to not let the pain in my life spill over into everyone else’s. I didn’t start crying
Autism
I’ve got a slight cold, and it’s such a relief. I’d spent the weekend coming up with a new schema to through into my system, and yesterday was when the rubber was to really hit the road, and I just couldn’t. I didn’t feel like
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Quotes
Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain’t no free rides, baby. No hitchhiking. And if you want to strike out in any new direction — you go alone. With a machete in your hand and the fear of God in