08.30.10

1. A day with no cleaning. Work OR home.
2. Bike shopping on craigslist for Rich and Kate.
3. Clearing out a lot of to do's.
4. My new used mower is sharp and clean and pretty after a tuneup at Welna.
5. Finding Pez candy (for my shoot with Robin) at Michael's.
6. And some crazy shoes at Marshall's. In my size. Maybe I'll keep them after the shoot...
7. My new Blackburn winter bike trainer. Only $75!
8. Tamales, black beans and avocado for dinner.
9. Max curling up and purring by my side while I was
10. Reading in bed.

08.29.10

1. Sleeping late and hard.
2. Pistcahios before breakfast!
3. A yummy, big, scrambled egg, English muffin and grapefruit breakfast.
3. A good day of organizing, tidying, cleaning, pruning, resting.
4. Benadryl for my ragweedy nose and eyes.
5. A fantastic turkey sandwich with avocado and heirloom tomato.
6. French blood orange lemonade from Aldi.
7. Alex kindly let new housemate Kate stay in his room. We are overbooked till Tuesday...
8. Help from Rich on deciding what to donate to the $99 sale.
9. A nice bike ride at dusk.
10. A much-needed evening of chilling out.

08.28.10

1. A sesame bagel with chive cream cheese from Common Roots.
2. Getting all my props and crap from Friday unpacked. What a mess!
3. A delicious grilled dinner with Rich.
4. Tandem Crabster Cider.
5. Interesting people and even a little interesting art at the Soap Factory.
6. Lots of people showed up for Urban Caravan-but they blew a bulb and couldn't project their films.
7. We rode along anyway and then headed to AOT on the bikes, with Rich on Alex's borrowed Trek.
8. A cute and friendly gray kitten with white paws that walked onto the Greenway, stopped right in the middle, rolled over and then went on its way. I wanted to take it home!
9. Chatting with Matt Wacker, who I hadn't seen in at least five years.
10. So many other friendly and amusing people I can't recall all of them.

08.27.10

1. My business plan ewas approved, s I can et my FAIM money soon!
2. A funky old rhinestone necklace I found at a salon/vintage store for $10.
3. The interview at Target studio went quite nicely!
4. A good brainstorming meeting with Robin.
5. A strange and very junky thrift store full of small treasures in Brooklyn Park.
6. Seeing a celadon green 1950s Thunderbird, the kind with the little round window, on 94.
7. A lovely dinner with Marcia at Ngon.
8. A nice farewell party for Sarah with interesting people and conversation.
9. Doing my best to support Kirsten P.
10. Sleeping with Rich.

08.26.10

1. A good meeting with Rich and Cathy.
2. A yummy turkey-havarti-cranberry orange relish sandwich. So satisfying!
3. A huge compliment from Karen.
4. The sound of crickets along the Greenway.
5. A care package.
6.Funny texts and voicemails from Jerry, who unexpectedly heard me on MPR.
7.A surprise phone call from Dad and Claudia.
8.Scrambled eggs and edamame for dinner at 9:30.
9.The business plan is ready to be reviewed, so if all goes well I'll be getting my FAIM money soon!
10.My CSA submission looks cool.

08.25.10

1. Getting shit in the mail, finally!
2. Getting shit done in the morning before work.
3. Easy clients.
4. Pigtails make life so much easier and people like me in them.
5. I had a blast helping assemble Adult Books' mill city book at the Common Room.
6. I'm a good stitcher!
7. Sewing a button on Andy Sturdevant's jacket with bookbinding thread.
8. Anna thanked me for my "hard work" (it was easy and fun).
9. Meeting interesting people there and at Art Happy Hour.
10. A full moon, or almost.

08.24.10

1. Yorkshire tea.
2. An interesting Fresh Air podcast with Gary Shteyngart.
3. Brown Cow cream top yogurt.
4. A productive session with Mark and Rich.
5. My new housemate and I signed her lease! Whew!
6. An excellent yoga class.
7. Biking there and back, 6 miles each way, is now a breeze.
8. Yoga teacher Jennifer said I don't have nearly enough wrinkles to be 46.
9. Moros y cristianos with a hard boiled egg for dinner.
10. Finally finishing Antares.

08.23.10

1. Fresh raspberries from my garden on my morning bowl of Grape Nuts.
2. Lots of kind and helpful people at bike shops
3. And pawnbrokers.
4. A good meeting with Cathy at ACP.
5. Recording my Art Hounds piece was enjoyable and not too anxiety-provoking. Chris Roberts is terribly nice.
6. Cate Vermeland was very excited about my cell phone pix.
7. A good meeting with Robin Lietz about portfolio shooting.
8. Fun: looking for interesting objects I own to shoot with Robin. And finding a lot.
9. Plowing through some nagging "to do's." A good feeling of relief!
10. Earlyish to sleep.

08.21.10

1. A lovely bike ride to the "beehive."
2. A super yummy brunch: scrambled eggs with mozzarella, raosted papper, cherry tomato and basil. And a poppy bagel.
4. Finishing my cell phone photos for the Concordia show.
5. Giving extras to Alex and Kirsten.
6. Getting a good start on printing my new tags--I have tons of them!
7. Air conditioning. I'm just not the Southern girl I used to be. Or the girl--I blame it on perimenopause (right Lynette and Becky?)
8. Being able to help Kirsten.
9. Being able to help Rich, I think.
10. Falling asleep super easily and sleeping solidly all night.

08.21.10

1. Waking up early and easily.
2. Kind and insightful words from Eliot.
3. A half-decaf large cappucino in a pint glass at Common Roots with Lynette and Marcia.
4. A nice push mower for $15 at a yard sale on the way to Sarah Petersen's studio sale.
5. A really interesting conversation with Sarah, Lynette, Marcia and Janet Lobberecht about drawing and graffiti and writing and cows.
6. Enough time for a half-hour ride between engagements.
8. My Bakelite bracelets
9. A kitten, good food, and friendly folks at a wedding.
10. A good goodbye chat with Marcia. Too bad we didn't see the pile of cash lying on the street in front of my car...

08.20.10

1. Sleeping in late.
2. A nice visit at Millie's. I think I convinced her son to get her some new towels.
3. She and her "senior companion" bought me large fries on their weekly visit to McDonald's.
4. A really pleasant hour-long bike ride, despite the heat and humidity.
5. A new covered car pic.
6. A nice walk with Kirsten in the park.
7. Understanding some things for the first time.
8. Having Pizza Luce delivery with Alex. His treat!
9. Watching "The Tunnel" together.
10. Giving in to drowsiness during the movie.

08.19.10

1. An actual phone conversation (not just a text) with Karla.
2. I made concrete plans to do some portfolio shooting with my old coworker Robin Lietz next week!
3. Tim Piotrowski's bizarre and beautiful photos at Rue 48.
4. A nice chat with a sober Christian Peterson at the opening.
6. Delicious food, a Campari-cava cocktail that Troy made for me
6. and pleasant company at the Bettys BBQ.
7. Big fat beautiful abundant raindrops.
8. A strange Austrian movie that I almost finished before dozing off.
9. Max sleeping peacefully and adorably in his "donut" on the sofa next to me.
10. Sleep. Much needed after some nights of scarcity.

08.18.10

1. A nice breakfast at Mike's. Muesli with blueberries and love.
2. Margarita's generosity.
3. The insight and calm that she helped me find.
4. The Car Talk podcast.
5. An easy, quick job.
6. Holding Rich's hand as we walked and talked in the park.
7. A helpful chat with Rachelle after DBT.
8. A delicious dinner with JoAnn and
9. Skyping Morgan together.
10. Eliot.

08.17.10

1. Max curling up in, and warnimg up, my knees.
2. My cell phone battery waited to die until about two seconds after I said goodbye to JoAnn.
3. Tiny sailboats dotting Lake Calhoun.
4. Eating a gigantic Rachel sandwich and drinking a Furious
5. With Mike Tincher and David Pittman and
6. Seeing the first Twins game I've watched all summer at Tracy's Saloon.
7. A picture perfect-ninth inning double play with the bases loaded and
8. A tenth inning home run for a Twins win
9. Against the White Sox. Four game lead!
10. Another cool lovely sleeping weather night.

08.16.10

1. A really good session with Maren.
2. I biked there and back and to acupuncture and the MG market. No driving all day!
3. An impromptu dinner of puttanesca, mesclun-pear-goat cheese salad and key lime pie ice cream with Lynette and Marcia.
4. Not worrying too much when I realized I'd invited them for the exact same time Bobbi Jo's derby pals were coming over to the house=a checkmark on "effectively" on the diary card.
5. JoAnn stopped by too.
6. And a lovely couple of hours of conversation were had by all.
7. An amusing small world-small town moment with Dan's friend Liz.
8. Chatting with Alex and Bobbi Jo after everyone else had left.
9. Gaining insight.
10. All in all a good day.

08.15.10

1. Scrambled eggs and a pumpernickel bagel
2. A wonderful hour-plus bike ride on a
3. Picture perfect, cool!!! summer day.
4. Kind and helpful words from Eliot.
5. Kind and helpful words from Morgan.
6. A nice talk with Alex about serious things. I always manage to laugh with him, somehow.
7. A sweet email from Chelsea about my photos.
8. Lemon Echinacea Throat Coat tea.
9. Watching "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" with Alex and laughing at the "reptile cam."
10. Laughing even harder when I realized it was a Werner Herzog film and remembered seeing "Nosferatu" with Michael McCauley at the National Gallery on a deliriously hot summer day in DC.

08.14.10

1. Watching the last two episodes of Curb, season 7, in bed in the morning.
2. Lynette's time and support.
3. A yummy slice of quiche and
4. An Izzy's clementine soda at Nina's.
5. Good company for a silly movie.
6. A nice chat with Scott at the Location opening.
7. Lovely conversation with Lynette and Marcia over
8. A delicious dinner of chicken satay, red curry with mock duck and Thai sausages at Sen Yai Sen Lek.
9. A huge, gorgeous, light yellow crescent moon hanging low in the early night sky.
10. Cool air that is great for sleeping.

08.13.10

1. All my trip pix are online! (Well, not the concrete park--it gets its own album).
2. A helpful session with Maren.
3. Realizing how much I have grown in the past year.
4. MPR.
5. Vision World was able to repair my old glasses.
6. A nice chat with Drew Peterson.
7. A nice chat with Sandra Marble.
8. A nice chat with Kerry Morgan.
9. Diabolical IPA.
10. Rich Barlow.

08.12.10

1. A productive early morning.
2. AC, lots of AC.
3. Sparkling water.
4. My black patent leather clogs.
5. Chris Larson's bemusement at my name being the title of a folk song.
6. Cut zinnias from an abandoned community gardener's plot.
7. I think we've found our new housemate.
8. Cool air after the rain. Good for sleeping.
9. Caprese eggs for a delicious 10 PM dinner.
10. Two good episodes of "Curb" before bed. Only two to go.

08.11.10

1. Waking up with Rich.
2. A fairly quick and easy resolution of the lawn mower nonsense.
3. Postponing one client because his key was missing from the lockbox.
4. Cool AC at the other client's house.
5. Lasagna for lunch.
6. Traction.
7. Mojo Bars. A good healthy snack in the heat.
8. Work of Art. Better at Bedlam, though.
9. A 10 PM happy hour Furious at Common Roots.
10. Late night surfing and reading.

08.09.10

1. A good thing I forgot from last week: the sound of crickets as I biked along the Greenway.
2. Dryel really works.
3. Remembering I had bagels in the freezer from before my trip.
4. A good Y workout.
5. Vogue magazine.
6. A pink lady apple.
7. A relaxing acupuncture session. Sinuses and throat feel much better!
8. Spinach-mushroom-cheddar quesadillas.
9. My work table is clear of art books and junk. Time to put work on it!
10. I actually enjoyed the remake of Grey Gardens.

08.08.10

1. Sleeping in till almost 9.
2. A little more decluttering in the Am before it got too hot.
3. Reading on the sofa in the AC.
4. Watching Max catch and eat a grasshopper in the house!
5. Delicious fish tacos, a Surly Furious and
6. Pleasant conversation with Lynette and Marcia at Sea Salt.
7. Lynette saying, in her Orange County twang, "Jenny, you have nice legs!" as we walked to the parking lot.
8. A nice phone call with Rich.
9. "Style Wars," the 1982 PBS documentary about graffiti.
10. Cool enough weather to sleep well.

08.07.10

1. Sleeping late.
2. Decluttering and dusting for a
3. A nice, clean house.
4. A pleasant young woman came to look at the room for rent.
5. Air conditioning.
6. A good 90 minute walk-bike-stretch workout at the Y.
7. Biking over to
8. A decent show at AOT and
9. Interesting chats there with Sean, Pam, Megan and Adam, among others.
10. Falling asleep reading, earlyish.

08.06.10

1. A fairly pleasant, not terribly taxing work day.
2. Fresh Air podcasts.
3. Finding two early 90s-vintage Zulu backscratchers (I broke mine not too long ago) at an estate sale.
4. Finally cleaning up the sand all over the inside, and the bugs all over the outside, of my car.
5. A lovely opening for Dan Dennehey's China photos at IFP.
6. Seeing Colette Gaiter, visiting from Delaware, at the opening. I miss having her nearby. She is one of my favorite grownups.
7. A refreshing bike ride home at dusk.
8. Showing Alex my new "Jenny Jenkins" artist's book.
9. Lasagna and salad for an easy late dinner.
10. Falling asleep a half hour into a DVD.

08.05.10

1. Dr. Joe, my dentist.
2. A helpful meeting with Maren.
3. Being practical for a change.
4. Making an imperfect perfect-bound artist's book with Red76 at the Walker.
5. Fun at Drawing Club.
7. Useful advice from Scott Stulen about my CSA entry.
8. Catching up with Melissa and Sheila at the Guild opening.
9. Running into Kinji there!
10. Relaxing with "Curb" before bed.

08.04.10

1. Cooler weather.
2. Charity's adorable new kitten.
3. An archived Harvey Pekar interview on Fresh Air.
4. Millie was very glad to get my postcard from Interlochen.
5. Ten minutes to waste = looking at pretty things at Succotash.
6. A helpful DBT class.
7. An odd and picturesque micro rainstorm that blew over just as I headed to the Greenway.
8. A lovely bike ride.
9. Caprese scrambled eggs with farmer's market tomatoes, my basil and Aldi fresh mozz.
10. "Curb."

08.03.10

1. Grape Nuts with a banana.
2. My new transistor radio.
3. My spiffed up housefrau dress. So cool and airy.
4. Red toenail polish.
5. Meeting new neighbors
6. And chatting with "old" ones at National Night Out.
7. Delicious red cherry and yellow pear tomatoes from the farmer's market.
8. Cool A/C,
9. Wifi,
10. And a Surly Furious at Common Roots.

08.02.10

1. Awesome finds at the Temple Israel rummage sale: three cute, practical sweaters,
2. Totally unpractical pointy-toed (!!!) black kitten heel shoes,
3. A little Kolo photo album for $2,
4. A gift for Kirsten--a "Henry" bike license plate,
5. A Dutch clog keychain I ought to send her but may just keep,
6. Several pairs of vintage gloves in good enough shape to resell,
7. Two good work shirts,
8. A sparkly silk camisole,
9. A pair of green gym shorts,
10. A gorgeous black silk dress that needs to be hemmed (I'll need help with that!)

08.01.10

1. A late, lazy morning with lots of
2. Yorkshire tea, with less and less sugar each day.
3. I'm almost unpacked and caught up.
4. I got the room for rent listed and had a couple normal prospects reply.
5. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a nectarine for lunch.
6. Trashing lots of paper on my desk.
7. Reading Alain de Botton in Harper's on the treadmill at the Y.
8. A delicious salad with goat cheese, tomato, avocado and walnuts for dinner.
9. My new Art Hour practice.
10. Alex is downloading six episodes of "Louie" and two "Mad Men" for me.

07.31.10

1. My sweet, appreciative little old lady client Cherie.
2. Four hours of gardening went quickly.
3. Cherie's neighbor gave me basil and dill, whihc I gave to
4. Morgan and JoAnn for Morgan's birthday lunch.
5. Chilling for a half hour catching up with Morgan. I love their bright airy living room.
6. An hour on the bike on the Greenway.
7. A couple interesting new tags.
8. Sangría in the backyard with Lynette, Marcia and Christian.
9. Four nice shows.
10. I think I know which print of Tim P's I want for our art trade.