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On Saturday, I paid my first visit to New York City. Here are a few highlights —- and as my grandma always said, “Click to enlarge”: Breakfast at the Edison Cafe on 47th street. A bit shabby, but the food was good. A tasteful nude from the Lego store. All the sights in NYC, [...] 
Last spring, I bought this Picasso Style cropped jacket for $14 at Savers: Note that “Picasso Style” is the brand name. Crazy misnomer, unless they’re thinking of a much different Picasso. I loved its color, shawl collar, scalloped pocket flaps, piping, and billions of decorative seams. I LIVE for decorative seams. I liked that [...] 
Looking through my closet makes me feel like a March girl dressing for a ball. Where Jo frets over her scorched poplin and lemonade-soiled glove, I worry over my obviously-let-down-twice trousers. While Meg borrows Marmee’s pearl pin, I wear my mother’s hand-me-down makeup. Nevertheless, this was an EXCELLENT day, and not just because of my [...] 
This won’t feel like a REAL blog until I write a “sneak a peek inside my purse” post. With no further ado, here’s the bag I’ve carried for the past year or two: You’ve seen it twice before (here and here), during Summer Black Out. This bag has accompanied me on many adventures, but [...] 
Hey, remember that time me and my boyfriend drove from Bloomington, Indiana to Allentown, Pennsylvania, thereby ending our cross-country move and beginning a new life together? Wait, I never told you? WELL! Ten days ago, Mr. Jaunty and I arrived in green, hilly Pennsylvania, thereby ending our cross-country move and beginning a new life [...] 
Is there anything duller than someone else’s vacation photos? No, unless it’s someone else’s high school yearbook. Still, you can’t expect me to trek 2000 miles without posting a single picture, can you? Click to enlarge [somewhat]! Much of the New Mexico scenery looked like this, give or take a few wind turbines: I [...] 
Day Two of the trek. Mr. Jaunty has now driven 1200 miles. I have sat beside him, luggage under my feet, two rats in a small pet carrier between us, all sorts of junk shoved behind both truck seats… purse, provisions, and queen-size pillow in my lap….. Every time we stop at a gas [...] 
I’ve been moving to a new apartment every year since 2003. Not deliberately, of course; it’s accidental masochism. Each move could be a smooth, organized transition into a new home — Every box clearly labeled. All clothing mended, washed, and tenderly folded into suitcases. Loved ones and businesses notified of my new address in a [...] 
Mr. Jaunty sees Mittens the Barbarian preparing to eat Lizard. Mr. Jaunty tells me about Mittens with Lizard. I say “It looks limp, it’s probably already dead” and resume reading newspaper. Mr. Jaunty says “Maybe he’s only playing dead.” I drop newspaper and run outside. I move Mittens inside, return to crime scene. I observe [...] 
Years ago, I read Ellis Parker Butler’s Pigs is Pigs, a famous short story from 1905 illustrating the pitfalls of bureaucracy and the alarming fecundity of guinea pigs. Since my family’s had roughly 26 guinea pigs, it spoke to me. But if you prefer your fables 1) light on ethnic slurs, 2) heavy on old Irish [...] |
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