Getting to have a small in-person gathering for my birthday. John made a beautiful Japanese meal from scratch, followed by homemade cannoli. I finally finished unpacking my apartment! Taking Astrid to Yard Bar. Being able to attend some online Poetry at Round Top workshops.
Tag Archives: quarantine
The Best of It: Rabbit, Rabbit Edition
I’m scheduled to get my first COVID vaccine tomorrow! Leftover lasagna for breakfast. Living in a place where I can pay my rent online. The egg and chorizo torta at the Mexican food trailer up the street Homemade kimchi in my fridge
The Best of It: More Good Things About Moving Edition
The Best of It: Some Good Things About Moving Edition
Being in walking distance of BookWoman Being in walking distance of Nervous Charlie’s Being in the delivery radius of Ichiban Being a short drive from La Cocina de Consuelo Being closer to Emma Long Metropolitan Park
The Best of It: It’s Been a Heck of a Week Edition
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
The Best of It: No Evil Edition
The Best of It: Pandemic Wedding Officiant Edition
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 aContinue reading “The Best of It: Pandemic Wedding Officiant Edition”
The Best of It: Midweek Edition
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 ofContinue reading “The Best of It: Midweek Edition”
The Best of It: Lazy Saturday Edition
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
The Best of It: It’s Only Tuesday? Edition
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