Monthly Archives: January 2010
Birthday gratitudes
31. Damn. I once would’ve thought that was so old. Things to be grateful for: Looking towards a brand new year and all the wisdom that comes with experience Making mistakes, picking myself up, and trying again Running my own … Continue reading
Meeting the neighbors
While I was standing at the bus stop this morning, a neighbor who I’ve waved to and smiled at for years (but never officially met) shouted down the block, “Going to campus?” and signaled to get into her car. Not … Continue reading
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Digging for Gold
I have a pretty small closet, but apparently it can hold and hide a tremendous amount of forgotten treasures. Last fall, when I did the seasonal wardrobe change, I found tons of fun things. After coming back from Senegal and … Continue reading
Joy and Ido
Our trip to Senegal was three weeks of remembering: remembering where we met, where we fell in love, the love of Diene’s family, the warm sunshine of Senegal, the reason we wanted to come back to visit them at nearly … Continue reading
The Way a Flower Brightens Up A Room
I am a lucky woman. Today I came home to find a handmade lei-a necklace of fresh carnations strung together. Last week, I came home to find three rose corsages with babies’ breath. In front of me, as I type, … Continue reading
Fashion comme il faut
Recently, I’ve fallen in love with dressing up. No one is more surprised than me. I thought I’d been assigned to the function-before-fashion folk in this lifetime, plucked from the fashionista litter at an early age, never to know the … Continue reading
