07.22.13

1. A good work day with Uncle Rik.
2. Diane and Karen at the Weisman.
3. There IS such a thing as a free lunch.
4. Rik needs me again next week.
5. A kind and supportive chat with Christian.
6. Picking black raspberries
7. and red currants.
8. My dizziness passed thanks to some combination of: resting for an hour, lots of water, neti pot, diuretic, sumatriptan, distraction in the garden, and an IPA.
9. Yummy late dinner: mesclun, beets and tomato salad with spiced chevre bulgur wheat.
10. Falling asleep watching the final third of "Carlos."

07.21.13

1. Catching up a bit with Monica.
2. Who did a bang-up deep cleaning in the kitchen.
3. A great meeting with landscape architect Lindsay
4. at the lovely Nokomis East Garden.
5. Making plans to revamp MY garden
6. and slowly working it back into shape.
7. A tasty black bean burger and a Fox Barrel pear cider at the Rail Station.
8. Sharing landmarks and seeing lots of unfamiliar corners of south Minneapolis.
9. Hanging out with Dave listening to music, critiquing videos, and discussing philosophy
10. over a couple of delicious Deschutes Inversion IPAs.

07.20.13

1. Allowing myself to have a lazy/sick day.
2. And hardly get anything "done."
3. Iced tea.
4. Finishing, folding and putting away ALL my laundry for a change.
5. Sangría.
6. A nice big basil pesto dinner.
7. A post-dinner nap.
8. Feeling the air cool off as night came.
9. My application for a Southwest business Visa card was approved = more free flights!
10. DFW till sleep.

07.19.13

1. Putting up well with the heat.
2. World Listening Day at the Walker.
3. Watching a thirteen-lined ground squirrel eating a piece of hot dog bun by the mini golf course.
4. Chatting briefly with Christian over dinner.
5. Kicking my butt and riding to Bike Night at MIA despite the heat.
6. The glowing styrofoam wall by Trever Nicholas in the MAEP gallery.
7. "Fireflies" at the Sculpture Garden.
8. Discovering that Peace House is still standing.
9. Making an accidentally blurry, pretty video of its reflections.
10. Sleepiness.

07.12.13

1. Sleeping in.
2. Exploring Hampden and Woodberry with Claudia.
3. Helping her get some shopping done in the burbs
4. and in the process, finding a perfect summer travel sweater and a flattering and funky party/opening dress to use up an old credit at Marshalls.
5. Watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune with Dad and Claudia, and being glad they have each other's company right now.
6. A pleasant sunset walk to do an errand for Dad and grab a few groceries.
7. Watching "Hyde Park on Hudson" with Dad.
8. Knitting while I watched.
9. Catching my panic about something that was upsetting but not truly important before it got out of hand.
10. Using my observation of that to make some plans to learn how to stop panicking.

06.07.13

1. The existence of this blog. 2. Knowing I need to return to doing it, and to other practices I've neglected that keep me centered. 3. A dry day for gardening. 4. Getting good and dirty and sweaty. 5. Finding lots of sturdy sunflowers among the weeds and putting them next to the alley. 6. The wonder of so many plants just appearing year after year, after being under all that snow every winter. 7. Not caring too much about my garden's messy state, and yet 8. Simultaneously feeling like I can finally see some progress in it. 9. Finally having a brief chat with CQ. 10. Recognizing some fundamental things I need to change. Soon.

05.01.13

1. Sleeping late to make up for hours lost due to a stomach bug. 2. Stomach bug is gone! Headache is gone! 3. A fairly efficient and effective junk sorting day. 4. Nice people and good snacks at Alondra Cano's campaign event. 5. Running into Morgan Church at the event. 6. Walked 90 minutes on the treadmill at the Y, and 7. finally read the Time article about health care costs (lotsa not so good things in it... sad). 8. My favorite muscle relaxer (a hoppy IPA, in this case Sierra Nevada's Ruthless rye ale). 9. A very late dinner of pesto and chevre pizza and a tiny salad. 10. Soaking away dirt and aches with a hot lavender and almond oil bath.