Days like this reset my brain, get me back in touch with the smell of parsnips and the reassuring sight of clean clothes in stacks. There are plenty of tasks to do, plenty of writing that I will also fit in, but also the basic security items: food, order, cleanliness. Or, to paraphrase Paul in one or another letter, today I can make it my ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind my own business, and to work with my hands, which currently smell like chopped onions and lemon soap.
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Days like this reset my brain, get me back in touch with the smell of parsnips and the reassuring sight of clean clothes in stacks. There are plenty of tasks to do, plenty of writing that I will also fit in, but also the basic security items: food, order, cleanliness. Or, to paraphrase Paul in one or another letter, today I can make it my ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind my own business, and to work with my hands, which currently smell like chopped onions and lemon soap.
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Dog Days
Summer is here and the living is… complicated. I had been hoping for lazy times, fruity drinks, time in the sun. Not so much. Because Rick has…
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End of Spring Reading
Today is T.R.’s last day of school, so it is time to tally my spring reading. Not the world’s greatest totals this time around, but I have…
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Book Report: Bitterblue
A friend of mine was having a birthday, so naturally, I headed for the bookstore. A couple of years ago, she borrowed Graceling from me and loved…
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