Categories
Archives
-
Recent Posts
Category Archives: Drivel
A Memory of my Big Brother
How did I land here? I ask myself this question almost every time I hang around my crazymessydelighfulloving family. How did I end up among this truly stellar, undeniably awesome, generally hilarious, and always big-hearted crew? If you are reading … Continue reading
Semaphore and Gibberish
We’re at the second to the last vegetable box for the season which almost prompts me to ask, “where has the time gone?” However, I’ve spent almost every post bemoaning my own procrastination and sluggishness, and I know, on my … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel, Elvis Costello, Food
Tagged CSA, Elvis Costello, food, music, vegetables
Comments Off on Semaphore and Gibberish
Meet Elvis.
See these people? These sweaty, wonderful, generous people? This is my GRIT team. My gym family. The people who put up with my truly juvenile humor, my aging and creaky bones, and my often tenuous grasp on choreography. The people … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel, Elvis Costello
Tagged Elvis Costello, GRIT, KitchenAid
Comments Off on Meet Elvis.
Cerebral Tapas
Catching up (again) with two boxes on which to report. Frankly, I delayed posting on the penultimate box because I had neither a culinary, literary, nor emotional trope to conjoin the produce with the workings of my head. I’m in the same boat … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel, Elvis Costello, Food
Tagged CSA, Elvis Costello, failure, food, music, vegetables, wine
Comments Off on Cerebral Tapas
Golden Years: Our Anniversary and a Bowie Tribute
The Unit and I recently marked our twenty-eighth year of getting hitched. I don’t ask for any accolades on staying put for almost thirty years because, frankly, I’ve had it pretty easy in this relationship. Despite my multiple complaints about his stick-in-the-mud-ness, … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel
Tagged anniversary, City on the Edge of Forever, David Bowie, Golden Years, Oberlin, shawarma, Star Trek, wine
1 Comment
No Package January
The new year (and a new decade for me) has arrived and I’m trying not to be stupid. Experiments with resolutions in the past have met with limited success; Chinese No Year, for example, was a worthwhile, albeit difficult year, … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel, Food
Tagged Death Cab for Cutie, New Year, no package January, resolutions
1 Comment
Frying pan, fire, and the smell of sulfur from a freshly-lit match
Do you ever feel like life is a constant merry-go-round of frying pan and fire? This is where I am now—and the most shameful part of it is that I’m the one holding the match. I don’t know how much of … Continue reading
Inanimate Objects Are Out to Get Me
NB: The first few paragraphs are full of Jamie-drivel. Skip past the Mousetrap video for vegetables! I have decided to stop fighting with inanimate objects. The problem is they’re not honoring the truce. I spend too much time every day fighting … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel, Food
Tagged CSA, cycling music, Glen Hansard, Mousetrap, music, tacos, Ugly but Delicious, vegetables, wine
Comments Off on Inanimate Objects Are Out to Get Me
Letting Go and Limoncello
I have decided to make some changes in my life, starting from the ground up. Today I removed nineteen pairs of shoes (including the ones pictured above) from my closet. NINETEEN!! I sent them away for consignment, which sounds a … Continue reading