I’ve toyed with the idea of starting a music blog for some time, but it’s not going to happen: I barely keep up with the posting on this blog. So, I’m going to co-opt our blog to talk about lyrics. As many of you know, I write music, pop songs. I hate writing lyrics. I’m [...]
Entries from January 25th, 2010
Some reading
January 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Hi blog readers. Just a quick note to point you to two new blogs in (on?) our blogroll that y’all might enjoy. First, we’ve been reading Little Southern House on the Prairie for some months. It’s written by a former Chicago Tribune reporter who decided to embrace voluntary simplicity. She quit her job, moved to [...]
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We Always Cheer for Faribault
January 19th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Minnesota, Northfield
Once the baby goes to sleep, Daniel and I like to make the most of our evenings. Sometimes we read the Sunday paper on Wednesday. Other times, we make soup or instant Jell-O pudding. When we’re feeling really wild and crazy, we see what’s on C-SPAN or a local cable access channel whose programming consists [...]
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You too have herpes
January 12th, 2010 · 7 Comments · EDG
Last week, when Emily picked Eleanor up from daycare, she (Eleanor) looked wrecked. She had bags under her eyes and a general look of sadness which no amount of silly dancing, singing, noise-making etc. could change. “Clearly,” we thought, “she has picked up the bug Emily had a few days earlier.”
For two days she was [...]
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Daycare, or the Great Abandoning of ‘10
January 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · EDG
Eleanor had her first day of daycare on Tuesday from 7:30 to 5. She did some life-sustaining combination of eating and sleeping and came home happy and surprisingly well-rested. I spent the day studying, lunching with Dan, cleaning and trying not to wake her up – I kept assuming she wasn’t with me since she [...]
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Our Year in Cities
January 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Following the lead of Kottke and Dena (where’s this year’s list Dena?), here is the list of cities for 2009 where we spent at least one night.
Daniel, Emily & Eleanor (“*” denotes in utero)
Philadelphia*
Toronto
Northfield (before we moved)*
Kingston, Ontario
Devil’s Lake, WI
Fripp Island, SC
Chicago
Daniel
Lancaster, PA
Washington, DC
Baltimore
New York
San Diego
I guarantee that 2010 will be less exciting for [...]
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