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More settling in

January 16, 2011 Uncategorized

Today we continued last night’s fiesta of painting, flower-planting, cooking, cleaning and eating by: Walking a few miles to the farmer’s market in uptown phoenix and scoring fresh greens; Picking up fresh beans from JoBot and enjoying tasty pour-over coffee with leftover pumpkin bread; Planting more plants; Getting a gift of even MORE herbs to plant, as a housewarming gift from Ry’s mom; Driving to Home Depot, feeling awkward about being so domestic, and then spending 30 minutes discussing which ceramicRead More

I get crafty..

January 14, 2011 Reflections

I’m in the process of half-settling into Ryan’s new place in Phoenix, and exploring a city and state that holds so much potential to be home. I’m loving everything about the desert, and trying to dig into lots of projects that will keep me busy until I leave. So far, that’s resulted in cooking Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, and Chinese [Hong Kong] dishes, baking bread, painting flower pots and growing vegetable seedlings for the patio, and making these hanging lanterns [above].Read More

Starting anew

January 12, 2011 Reflections

I’ve tried blogging before and was never very good at being consistent. Same with my paper-and-pen journals. But since 2011 is about to bring a world of new experiences, I decided that I’d better start again. I think my brain is craving a mechanism for reflection and creative thought, after the ups and downs of the past year which left me feeling achingly stagnant. And while it seems my whole life so far has been a series of transitions fromRead More