The holiday season has begun! Now, it may look like my big head is blocking the “J” in “OY,” but this is actually the OY/YO sculpture by Deborah […]
Menlo Park / NaBloPoMo
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November recap
What a fun month! And thanks to NaBloPoMo, it’s very well-documented! I feel like there was a lot of time off that was pretty relaxing. SMS and I […]
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Looking forward to December
I am currently baking a veggie lasagna for an apartment complex Friendsgiving. I think it will be a lot of fun, and it’s good to be social. I […]
Menlo Park
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Thanksgiving Friday
These long holiday weekends can be so lazy! SMS had a pleasant surprise when he realized he had the day off today. He didn’t know. When I wrote […]
Menlo Park
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Thanksgiving rundown
What a great Thursday! lol- Happy Thanksgiving! I finished Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Decent. I am impressed by TJR’s ability to write compellingly readable books, even if […]
Books
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A weekend of reading
Hooray, time for a long weekend! I just finished Heartwood by Amity Gaige, which was quite good. It was billed as a thriller, but I think of it […]
Likes and Loves
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Keeping up a streak
I am definitely a starter. I love new ideas and projects. I am not the best finisher. Glengarry Glen Ross would not be the place for me: Always […]
Likes and Loves
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Ode to the potato
By itself, a drab, dirt-covered little thing. In a competition, any magazine will say a truffle wears it better in the dirty drab department. And yet, stir in […]
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Essays that have changed my life
In medicine, there is a subculture of superstitions, common wisdom, and near-folklore that lives in parallel with the more scientific, “official” evidence-based medicine that underlies evaluation and treatment […]
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Five things on my Christmas wishlist
I’m holding off on the decorating until after Thanksgiving, but I’ve started making gift lists for other people…and me! In terms of my own to-do’s, I really want […]