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Home alone, wild times

Posted in - Balancing parenthood and ..., ... Life in general, ... Writing, Truly Miscallaneous, tagged , , , , on 7 April 2013 | 1 Comment »

Today, for the first time in a long time, I have the house to myself.  The twins are off with their father, visiting their grandparents and running around their yard, picking daffodils and petting the pink lawn flamingos that are just the right height.  I am at my desk wondering what to do next.  I [...]

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How Downton Abbey changed my life

Posted in - Balancing parenthood and ..., ... Life in general, Mostly about (pop) culture, Truly Miscallaneous, tagged , on 17 February 2013 | 7 Comments »

Tonight is the season finale of Downton Abbey.  A lot has happened in this third season, but I’m not going to write about it.  (No spoilers here!)  Instead I’m thinking about how watching Downton Abbey has — subtly — changed my life.   Last year I wrote (in I [heart] Downton Abbey) that For the [...]

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Seasons of the Celtic Year

Posted in ... Life in general, Truly Miscallaneous, tagged , , , on 12 February 2013 | 6 Comments »

Last night I went to a class on Celtic spirituality that focused on the seasons.  We were given this infographic to show how the Celtic holidays line up with Christian ones, as well as natural markers of the meteorological seasons. I love how each season has a suggested attitude to go with it.  Now is [...]

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Some brief thoughts on the apocalypse

Posted in Mostly about (pop) culture, Truly Miscallaneous, tagged , on 20 December 2012 | 2 Comments »

So today is the last day of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, the day before the so-called Mayan apocalypse. I’ve always thought that if I had one day left to live it might not be such a bad thing to spend it as if I had all the time in the world.  Sure, I could

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The other eight hours

Posted in - Balancing parenthood and ..., ... Life in general, Truly Miscallaneous, tagged , on 29 November 2012 | 5 Comments »

Since it’s still autumn, it’s OK that I’m still talking about “autumn plans,” right? I mean, there’s never a final way of living.  You never get it all figured out.  You’re always revising and tinkering.  At least I am … I’ve been beaten up by this head cold for so long I’m sick of being [...]

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Yoga

Posted in - Balancing parenthood and ..., ... Life in general, Truly Miscallaneous, tagged , , on 8 November 2012 | 1 Comment »

So I’ve been taking yoga classes. I’ve taken yoga classes before — for various reasons — but this time it was for pretty much every reason: for fitness, to reduce stress, to build strength, to achieve at least a modicum of flexibility, to grope vaguely at some kind of spiritual practice, to get out of [...]

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Intellectual puttering

Posted in Mostly about reading, Mostly about writing, Truly Miscallaneous, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 26 October 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Around three o’clock this afternoon I posted a question on Facebook: How long CAN you fool around on the Internet before settling down to work? The answer is (unsurprisingly) quite a while. At first I was groaning that I had spent so much time poking around online, but then I decided to rename this rudderless [...]

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