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Being alive : day 8 ---red fingers
Sonja from germany came up to seattle. She was meeting her friend jeff for coffee so we decided to have lunch before hand. Its funny having sonja here. Shes great but its odd that shes so connected to a crowd i havent hung out with since the foggy days of 95. Coffee with my high school boyfriend, Shes like this tenuous thread tethering people who ( Read more... ) -
Being alive: Day 7 "art for the masses"
Its first Thursday! As you may know....and obviously many of you do- the SEATTLE art museum has free admission today. There new exhibits are stellar. One is Kurt Cobain...this is more about pieces paying homage to him rather than work he has done. Lots of drawings of Kurt looking either mournful or out of his head high. The most impressive piece ( Read more... ) -
Being Alive: Day 6 - Kellogs
Today my morning was like they are in the movies ( Read more... ) -
Being Alive: Day 5 - Being late
So, I'm a sappy sucker. But I just couldn't resist when this morning as I'm headed out the door, and gabe in his sleepy weepy morning tone asks if he can ride into work with me ( Read more... ) -
Being alive: day 4
Being alive today was a struggle. This was mostly due to last night's raki libations. Man ( Read more... ) -
Being alive: day 4 - Get Him To The Greek
We had some of gabe's friends over for dinner last night. They're a fun couple. And were recently engaged. He's 100% greek from a town just south of Athens. He proposed on San Torini, I can't imagine a better place for a proposal ( Read more... ) -
Being Alive: Day 3 - 6th Ave Dining
Now that I'm back to spending my time with laundry and brooms, it's nice to remember that last night I "had a life ( Read more... ) -
Being alive day 2: a rocky ride
Riding a bike to work gets my day off to such a great start. Sure my bike is imploading and its a hassle to carry all your work stuff with you, but by the time you arrive at work you already feel like youve accomplished something ( Read more... ) -
Being Alive: Day 1
Was going to go walk down to Pike Place Market just to smell the smells and buy some roasted nuts. But it got even better because amy called so I got some company, and also went into Le Painier, which I never dare go into on my own, for safety reasons ;)
Got to smell all the fresh crosissants and french bread....ahhhhhh so nice. -
Living Every Day
With an 8-to-5 job, and a long commute, it's pretty easy to let the weeks slip by into months and years.
This is why I'm challenging myself to do something every day that reminds me that it's good to be alive.
I'll post what I do here, mostly for myself, but please play along if you can!