- Jewel, “You Were Meant for Me“
- The theme song to The Jeffersons
- The Chicks, “Wide Open Spaces“
- The Mountain Goats, “Genesis 3:23“
- The Muppets, “Movin’ Right Along“
Category: Lists
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The Best of It: Songs About Moving Edition
I kinda like it in my brand new place -
The Best of It: It’s Been a Heck of a Week Edition
Pure comfort food - Homemade poutine
- Homemade horseshoes
- The Democratic victories in Georgia
- Being 50% done with my semester prep 10 days before school starts
- Ordering fabric for my next quilt project
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The Best of It: No Evil Edition
- Homemade fried cheese curds
- Snow on the prairie
- Having plenty of food so we can avoid driving while the roads are a mess
- Having a generator in case the power goes out
- Turning leftovers into tasty breakfast burritos
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The Best of It: Probably the Last Post of 2020 Edition
Sleepy Christmas dogs - When Astrid gets the chance to play with other dogs.
- Finishing my first knitted scarf.
- Designing my next quilt.
- No stress about what to do for New Year’s, since we can’t go out or have parties!
- Getting to stay logged out of my work email for a few more days.
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The Best of It: Christmas Day Edition
Little dog on the prairie - Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You“
- Wham!’s “Last Christmas” (I know, I am the only person who loves this song.)
- Any and all versions of “Silent Night” (I linked to one of John Fahey’s versions)
- Vince Guaraldi’s “Christmas is Coming“
- The Mountain Goats’ rendition of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (Don’t listen if you don’t like a side of existentialism with your Christmas music)
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The Best of It: Christmas Eve Edition
Astrid likes her Christmas shirt, but not the reindeer antlers - Having time for blogging!
- Bernadette Mayer’s Midwinter Day
- Bernadette Mayer’s list of journal ideas
- Homemade applesauce
- Sitting around in pajamas until the afternoon
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The Best of It: Holiday Food Edition
It’s not Thanksgiving for me without pumpkin pie - John doesn’t like pumpkin pie, which means extra for me. (Did we basically each bake our own favorite pies this year for ourselves? Yes.)
- It’s eggnog season!!
- Fried chicken salad
- A house with central heat
- Peppermint mochas
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The Best of It: Weekend Hikes Edition
Strike a pose! - Hiking at Emma Long Metropolitan Park.
- Being able to let Astrid off-leash (allowed at the park) and trusting her to stay close to us and play well with other dogs.
- Finishing my third quilt.
- Getting to participate in the 100,000 Poets for Change Southwest Haiku Reading on Friday night. You can view the three haiku that I read at Miriam’s Well.
- The only thing I have to make for Thanksgiving this year is pumpkin pie.
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The Best of It: Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie Edition
- My neighborhood Buy Nothing group
- French onion soup
- Making enchilada sauce from scratch
- Hiking at McKinney Roughs
- Ordering cross-stitch supplies for Christmas ornaments
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The Best of It: Pandemic Wedding Officiant Edition
Possibly the happiest officiant in the history of time - The honor of being asked to officiate a wedding in and of itself.
- The occasion to wear my chartreuse 1970s cocktail dress, which could best be described as extra, and which I do not have occasion to wear very often.
- The outdoor reception include tacos, churros, pan de muerto, and cake.
- The juxtaposition of a wedding being held on the Day of the Dead.
- The e.e. cummings poem “[i carry your heart with me]”
