Monday, February 15, 2016

I can see the end as it begins

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All right, happy 750 books! Happy three-quarters of the way through! Surely at this point momentum will carry us through to the end, right? ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

But there's no question, there's no doubt/ I said I'd stick it out and follow through

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As 2015 rolls to a close (draws? stumbles? frolics?), I am thrilled to announce that, should I finish Mary Barton , I will have made it to 1...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

I don't know how anybody survives in this life without someone like you

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Circus engagement photos. Photo credit to Sarah Hluchan; choreography credit to William Reiff.
Friday, November 6, 2015

And true/I tend to follow in his stride/Instead of side by side I take his cue

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November is a funny time to be thinking about street harassment. Normally by this time of the year, I'm shrouded in so many layers and r...
Saturday, October 10, 2015

And if we make it till then/ Can I ask you again/ For another ten?

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Days 1 and 2 of Kondo-ing I am procrastinating getting started. Not because I don't want to do it, but because I am worried: what i...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

I want to die/ Knowing I/ Had a long, full life in your arms

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I've decided to Kondo the f**** out of my apartment. I've been wanting to do something like this for awhile, but I recently actual...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

I stand on a precipice/ I struggle to keep my balance/ I open myself/ I open myself/ One stitch at a time

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First, read this . It is required pre-reading before this piece; or at least pre-skimming. Setting aside the obvious (I’m not even sure I’m ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

I grip and she grips,/ And faster, we're sliding./ Sliding and spilling, and what can I do?

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So, book 700. This isn't exactly a milestone, exactly. That won't really happen till 750 in about six months. Though, this may be th...
Thursday, July 2, 2015

Just the typical facts of a typical life in a town on the Eastern Shore/ I thought about what I wanted/ It wasn't like that at all/ Made Carolann a cute baby sweater/ Thinking "I can do better than that"

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Addendum to my last post: Drew read it and told me that I should not count those two books toward my reading goal for this year, since I d...
Friday, June 26, 2015

We build a treehouse,/ I keep it from shaking--/ Little more glue ev'ry time that it breaks/ Perfectly balanced,/ And then I start making/Conscious, deliberate mistakes.

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Unbelievably enough (no, seriously, I really don't believe it), I am caught up! I am ahead! I've read more than 50 list books this y...