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excuse the absence
we’re moving!
two small children + two giant dogs + too much stuff = one busy family
see you next week!
New Yorker cartoon by Jack Ziegler
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Hello there!
I’m sharing my simple, everyday moments from the past week and linking up with the InstaFriday crowd at Life Rearranged. Alas, I didn’t take very many photos this week…next week will be better!
this kid inherited my sweet tooth:
it’s strawberry picking season!
and then there’s this, which I found via this great Forbes article about managing distraction.
have a great weekend!
nostalgia
a bazillion years ago, when I was 22, I lived around the corner from this bakery. this is well worth watching. gorgeous photo via jamesandkarlamurray.com.
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Hi! Excuse the absence. We’ve been busy putting our house on the market.
I just spotted this and it made me laugh:
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency List New and Noteworthy Name Generators.
More importantly, let me tell you about Digitwirl. My friend Carley (I first met her when I interviewed her for Redbook years ago) started her company to teach people (primarily women) about cool tech tools that simplify your life. Sign up, and each week, she’ll send you her funny, charming, smart weekly web video about some cool trick, app, website, etc. I’ve learned a ton from Carley, and last week’s video taught me about Read It Later, which I’ve quickly fallen in love with.
Finally, check out my new book page! Yippee!
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So here’s a lazy, fill-in-the-blanks post for a lazy, low-effort afternoon. I stole this directly from Lindsey, who, by the way, sells lots of great handcrafted items that I’ve had the pleasure of buying.
right now, i am…
watching: the rain fall outside my kitchen window.
eating: for lunch, i had the pioneer woman’s chicken spaghetti, which is delicious and, even better, I didn’t cook. my great pal and neighbor made too much and brought me her leftovers.
drinking: bean traders coffee (when am I not?) and my ever-present camelbak bottle of water.
wearing: my husband’s sweater, black leggings, and the slippers that I got for Christmas (quick! somebody call clinton kelly!). oh! and white shoulders perfume–a classic and my new fave.
avoiding: the laundry, the inbox, the tumbleweeds of dog hair rolling across the kitchen floor.
feeling: excited about the progress I made this morning on my next book, and about the fact that I’m having dinner tonight with my best friend.
thankful: for a husband who sent me to the mountains last weekend with a bunch of girlfriends, and for the girlfriends themselves. i’m so lucky to live in a place where I have such an incredible network of women going through the same stage of life.
weather: rainy and cold, which is exactly what I’m in the mood for, though I’d love some snow.
needing: to go for a good, long run after my comfort food lunch. a nap would also work.
thinking: about the fact that the main character in my next book is still named “X” because I can’t commit to anything. and about how increasingly anxious i’m going to get over the next several months as the launch of the first one approaches.
loving: emails from my very oldest friend, a stack of new recipes to try this weekend, the way that my 17-month-old mimics me by patting my back when I hug her, the way that my big girl sings “the bare necessities” by saying “the bear mah-sesames,” the possibility of a cape cod vacation this summer, making new writer friends over the past couple of days, the golden retriever snoring next to me.
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1. what do you have planned for the weekend? we’ll pick out our christmas tree and I’m hoping to hit this shop to knock a few gifts off of my list. i also like the idea of this.
2. this song has been stuck in my head for nearly twenty-four hours. it’s okay. it’s one of my all-time faves.
3. do any of the other writers out there ever switch between working on the computer and writing with pen and paper? i find that when i’m having trouble, i can work out the kinks by getting away from my desk and sitting somewhere un-officey with a legal pad and pen. and when that doesn’t work, i sometimes make more coffee, like i did just minutes ago. i’m off to see if that helps.
have a lovely weekend, friends.
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Welcome to my website. I’m a veteran magazine writer and author. My debut novel, HOW LUCKY YOU ARE, will be published by Grand Central Publishing on September 4th.
