The sound of snow peas eaten in the garden. The other day I discovered these translucent and tender, long green fingers, ready for harvest, hanging from the pea plants. One day we saw the flowers, small and white, nearly unnoticable, and now we have food to eat. It’s a mystery how it happened. The girls […]
Entries from May 2004
Crunch, crunch
May 27th, 2004 · 2 Comments
Tags: gardening
What I did in the freezer aisle
May 27th, 2004 · 1 Comment
In Safeway’s freezer aisle yesterday I remembered what Lisa Williams wrote. She described her kick in the consciousness moment that happened to her as she was staring at ice cream in the grocery store, trying to choose which one to take home. Her friend Meg asked “Why choose?”, a question that sparked Lisa’s revelation. So […]
Tags: journal
What does this mean?
May 27th, 2004 · 4 Comments
via snippy: Take the quiz: “Which American City Are You?”San FranciscoLiberal and proud, you’ll live your lifestyle however you choose in the face of all that would supress you. I’m a bit surprised by this one – not a selection or description I’d choose for myself! – so I tried taking this again. I was […]
Tags: places
How to stay awake all the time
May 26th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Take Tyler Cowen’s prescription for caffeine usage with this handy personalized sleepiness chart (via Clive Thompson) and presto – no need to sleep again! Simply administer low dosages of caffeine throughout the day, especially corresponding to the graph’s predictions of somnolence and constant alertness will result… after all, sleep is such nuisance, I wonder why […]
Tags: health
Enoch was jesting
May 26th, 2004 · 2 Comments
Enoch’s comment yesterday on my sexy dishes post clarified for me what he wrote. I am relieved! I was getting concerned. After all if “action” doesn’t motivate a man to do the dishes, then what does?! I thought I understood what motivates men. Then again, I won’t claim to understand men. Or women, as a […]
Tags: marriage
