I thought this year was fantastic. Accomplishments:
Second year being vegan, even better than the first.
Taking my photography more seriously: got my first Nikon.
Received the magazine containing my first published article in the mail.
Went on a backpacking trip around Europe by myself: four months of unforgettable experiences, reaping the rewards of risk-taking and meeting fantastic people.
Climbed [...]
I really overdid it this year on cooking and baking - next year, I vow to simplify. At any rate, most things were very successful. Christmas was a blast.
First, I hosted a pre-Christmas lunch for the family. I chose to make a three course meal, and made everything gluten-free (by using brown rice flour) since [...]
I have several other very important posts to write concerning the holidays and foodstuffs, but first: a sampling of Anne Sexton. I recently checked out her complete poems from the library. While for my tastes she is a little overly verbose and narrative in her writing, she has created some brilliant poems and I would [...]
I will never forget our visit to the Humane Society, where we first met 7 month old Mars, a mixed white/calico kitten. I have come home to Benjamin and J for the winter holiday from school, a delightful month free of academic responsibilities and full of domestic banality, in which I am thriving. We had [...]
I am always looking for new ways to eat dark greens - because they pack such a powerful nutritional punch. Kale, swiss chard, collards, spinach, etc! Well, I have perfected the tried and true method of sautéing onions and garlic, throwing on the chopped up greens and then tossing in a bit of tamari at [...]
In case it wasn’t obvious from the personality that emerges through my blog, I am in full support of gay marriage. That said, often others can explain my viewpoint better than I can. Here are two pieces of video gold concerning the passing of Proposition 8.
I am currently swimming in the strong current of my latest research papers. One of them is on photographic representations of the city, specifically photography which attempts to capture the elusive “non-places” of Marc Augé (and potentially also the “junkspace” of Rem Koolhaas) such as airports, atm machines, highways, etc. I won’t get into it [...]
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