Category Archives: Recipes

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10/09/11: trouble with writing

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

I’m having trouble writing this weekend which makes me sad after such a productive writing summer. Yesterday I wrote nothing, except for a few scribbles over coffee at a local cafe, where I went to avoid the alternative of not … Continue reading →

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9/24/11: the uselessness of worry

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

Often, I don’t sleep for worry. Last night I worried myself sleepless over three things: having returned 5 books on CD to the wrong library and now what?; news that I have another job I could start as soon as … Continue reading →

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9/03/11: bits and bites

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

If I’m going to be working, I need to fit into the slacks that I haven’t worn all summer. They are a bit tight. I hate tight clothing.  I’d rather stick to sweats really, or go for days sitting at … Continue reading →

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8/29/11: circling the random

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

I have a writing job to do this week. Good for me. Yet I’m totally procrastinating. The temperature didn’t reach 70 F today in Tacoma. It feels like Fall is coming too quickly. I downloaded information from the website of … Continue reading →

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8/24/11: a bit of wisdom

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

When scientists reduce an integral whole to fundamental building blocks—whether they are cells, genes, or elementary particles—and try to explain all phenomena in terms of these elements, they lose the ability to understand the coordinating activities of the whole system. … Continue reading →

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8/23/11: failing physics

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

Twice I enrolled in a physics class, and twice I withdrew. The first time was when I was a senior in high school, and I was forced to take another science (meaning I had to enroll in 5 majors, when … Continue reading →

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8/09/11: two types

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

So, apparently there are two types of people in the world, at least so the homily goes. I came across this one in Nicole Krause’s The History of Love (which I simply had to read as soon as I put down … Continue reading →

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8/05/11: another view of another view of my left breast

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

I had my annual mammogram today, a pleasant enough experience that did not even extend past the 30-minute free-parking period at Group Health. The technician said, “you’ll hear by letter if everything is OK, or someone will call you if … Continue reading →

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7/31/11: summer reading

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? … we … Continue reading →

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7/30/11: smallnesses

Posted on July 30, 2011 by

In the July 25th issue of The New Yorker, there is an article by Alec Wilkinson titled, Let’s Get Small, about an as-yet undersized movement to build and live in tiny homes, which look a lot like dollhouses (as opposed … Continue reading →

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