Posts Tagged ‘happy’
Florida, and what I found there
Almost exactly a week ago I began a long trip to Florida via Philadelphia. I met my friend Bill in Philly so we could catch a plane to Florida and ShelterBox USA’s winter workshop meeting. It was terrific to catch up with Bill and spend some quality time with him, and [Read More]
My brother got married this past weekend
I am ridiculously proud of him. Without getting too much into the gory details, we’ll just say that there were a number of obstacles in the new couple’s way. Some of them were curiously people-shaped. There’s not much to say here, really. I’ll post [Read More]
In the mud
I have read a lot of words these past few days, working on the local paper doing some copy-editing and writing for them, and then reading a working draft for a friend of mine. Busy is good, but the past few weeks have left me with very little inspiration for my own work, or [Read More]
Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009: New person
New person. She came into your life and turned it upside down. He went out of his way to provide incredible customer service. Who is your unsung hero of 2009? I am really, really behind on this one. I’ve been thinking about it for a really long time–there are [Read More]
Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009: Word or phrase
December 17: Word or phrase. A word that encapsulates your year. “2009 was _____.” Yes, please! I know it doesn’t exactly flow. But when I think back over 2009, I specifically remember a post that Lara had up on her site that ended with “Bring [Read More]
Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009: Place
December 11 The best place. A coffee shop? A pub? A retreat center? A cubicle? A nook? I really had to think about this one. In the end, I picked the most mundane of places: our current apartment. Back in Chicago, we lived in a huge, drafty 1400-square-foot spot. It was a [Read More]
Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009: Album
December 10: Album of the year. What’s rocking your world? I have purchased only a few albums this year, and a lot of them aren’t new. I guess I look at music the same way I look at books. There are so many great ones out there already that I don’t feel [Read More]
Lost: Mo, size large.
Sigh. I do hate losing my mo. One of my favorite lines to trot out about having chosen writing as a career is that you can find inspiration in whatever you do or say. You wake up every day knowing that something is going to strike you as worthy. Everyone has something to [Read More]
Eyeballs in my martini and the woes of a broken camera
My, oh my, oh my. How time does fly. We’ve done a lot in just a short week. I’ve mentioned our friends Colin, Carli, and Lily before. We went on that incredible Fat Tire Narnia trip with them? Right, anyway, Halloween kicked off a week early for us, as we met [Read More]
Things I Acquired This Weekend
BICYCLE! Head and chest cold Bruises Questionable photographs New vernacular HOW does one acquire so many fabulous, varied, tangible and intangible things in the space of one weekend, you ask? The answer is simple: FAT TIRE NARNIA. What *is* Fat Tire Narnia? Well. [Read More]
