- I voted!
- The privilege of hiking in Baker Sanctuary
- The way Indian food tastes even better as leftovers
- Finding an unopened jar of the mango chutney we canned last fall
- Making progress on a major work project
Category: Lists
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The Best of It: Civic Duty Edition
Voting selfie! -
The Best of It: Midweek Edition
Not pretty, but pretty delicious - The stovetop mushroom lasagna recipe in the new issue of Bon Appetit
- Playing fetch/tug with Astrid in the yard
- A fruitful three-hour work session with my memoir group this morning
- Turning old Chianti bottles into candleholders
- I’ve been making my own variation winter market salad for over six years now, and it remains one of my favorite go-to recipes.
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The Best of It: Lazy Saturday Edition
She is style, she is grace, she has grass stains on her face - Making Thai food for dinner
- Finishing the rough draft of the first chapter of my memoir
- I’m running a poetry contest
- Getting to have out-of-state poets visit our haiku study group, since everything happens on Zoom now
- Winning a copy of Jill Alexander Essbaum’s new book Would-Land
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The Best of It: It’s Only Tuesday? Edition
The to-die for breakfast sandwich - Both of my morning meetings ended early
- The electrician seems to have finally fixed my porch light for real
- Fried rice
- I got asked to officiate a friend’s wedding!!!!
- Stump Sohla
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The Best of It: Grading Procrastination Edition
She decided she didn’t like her crate for just one night - Hiking at Baker Sanctuary and having the whole place to ourselves
- Bistek ranchero
- Finding a pair of boots I wanted on Poshmark
- Bagel sandwiches
- Having a reason to go to H Mart
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The Best of It: Procrastination Edition
I was so ready to eat that I didn’t think to take a photo - Pecan pie for breakfast
- Homemade breadsticks
- Getting to visit Zilker Botanical Garden
- Going to poetry group tonight (via Zoom, of course)
- I had a wonderful Saturday teaching for the Loft, and hope to do so again in the future!
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The Best of It: FriYAY Edition
She’s all ears! - Pumpkin risotto
- TerraSolace is a fantastic Etsy seller
- The Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories TV series
- There are new episodes of Archer!
- The jalapeno pimento cheese at HEB
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The Best of It: Almost Feels Like Fall Edition
Dreamy - Dogs napping in sunbeams
- It was genuinely cool when I walked Astrid this morning
- Getting a jar of homemade salsa from John just because
- My allergy meds
- My current quilt project
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The Best of It: Monday, Monday Edition
My vintage Corningware percolator - Getting to start the week with a video call from my friend Suzanne
- Jackbox Games
- Leftover spaghetti for breakfast
- Socially distant happy hours
- Being more than half done with the current phase of a current writing project
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The Best of It: Tuesday That Feels Like a Monday Edition
Dinner becomes breakfast - Making tacos out of leftovers
- The Netflix series Unwell
- The iced cafe de olla recipe from Bon Appetit
- My seasonal Kokoro Cares box arrived today, and I’m loving it even more than the summer box!
- I’m all caught up on grading.