Category Archives: Uncategorized (Everything)

This Blog Is Now Closed

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

Dear Friends! Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope you have a wonderful day today and that you aren’t alone. Take good care of yourself! Wordpress has decided to put ads on this blog. I’m paying a reasonable annual fee to have this … Continue reading →

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Six Hours Ahead And Still Behind

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

My beloved hubby came into the bedroom this morning with a lovely cup of tea as he does every morning before he leaves for work. It’s still dark outside when he puts it down on the bedside table for when … Continue reading →

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End of Summer

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

God, what was I thinking? clouds on fast forward, golden leaves dance, twist in circles, ah— the brisk wind! naked branches smack against the wall all night. here comes the marching band: cling clang badumchi bashhhhh Fall I am, fall … Continue reading →

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Saturday is Practice Night

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

We’ve invited 21 of our neighbors for a meeting at our place on Saturday night. Now, they think we are going to discuss how to go about some co-op issues. When, really, that’s just a cover up. Because I have … Continue reading →

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shniffle shniffle

Posted on September 22, 2012 by

Here is a list of thirteen fourteen things that are 99.9 percent effective in getting rid of this year’s first cold: Take lots of vitamin C supplements with your gallon of freshly squeezed orange juice (take every two hours until … Continue reading →

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a thing or two about clinical depression

Posted on September 8, 2012 by

This is a response to a comment written by the amazing Annie on September 4th on Ian’s blog that I’m going to stick on here so my depression peeps in this space can read it, too: Dear Annie, I agree … Continue reading →

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xtcian’s blog about antidepressants

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

just this today: go read Ian’s blog about antidepressants.  Thank you, Ian !  And i don’t have anything to add to Megan’s comment at the end: “[...] Meds are the first line of defense against the Black Dog. It’s a … Continue reading →

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The Joy Formidable

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

I’m working on writing the many many pages of a document that you are never going to see. But these are the songs by The Joy Formidable that I’ve been listening to over and over during the last three days … Continue reading →

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Pearl Jam : Glen Hansard

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

Right before we were going on vacation last month I poked around the internet a little to see what was going on. I stumbled across Pearl Jam concert dates: they had Glen Hansard playing with them in London? I just … Continue reading →

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Bark Along to Patti Smith’s New Song Banga

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

Patti Smith is playing in my town tonight but I can’t go. When I first heard Banga, the main track on her new (June) album with the same name, my eyes filled with tears of joy, my heart was racing, … Continue reading →

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More Balls Than Most

Posted on August 11, 2012 by

i ran into robert plant once in a shop in london’s camden lock market. name of the shop? “More Balls Than Most”. he was getting some balls, for juggling. got his autograph on my own balls receipt, which looked kinda … Continue reading →

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Mumford & Sons & Stars & Moons, oh Babel! How I Love Thee — and i will not wait!

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

wait, did this song air for the first [raise finger] FIRST! time, ever, on the BBC’s Radio 1 THREE DAYS AGO? oh, i am SO on top of my game [raise my eyebrows, smile broadly, pat my own shoulder]! release … Continue reading →

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… one more from the Mystery Jets … and also: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

this is right up my strasse:  Mystery Jets,  Serotonin and something fun and peachy: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Home fun stuff. found this on birp.fm once again — i love this website!  hey, i haven’t heard from you … Continue reading →

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New album Synthetica by Metric

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

you already know that i like this band.  but this is pretty much brandnew–out since june 12 or around there, so let’s deal it while it’s hot: the Canadian band Metric with their new album Synthetica.  Let’s sample some of … Continue reading →

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Sail–Awolnation gone Nanalew and Meekakitty

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

you’ve seen this one, right?  warning: don’t try this in your own backyard–nonono! it’s a hoax;  and meekakitty is alive.  yup.

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Surrounded By Your Friends

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

…Now that must be about me — they saw me driving around in my car with my friends and were inspired to write this song and copy our smooth little moves:  Surrounded By Your Friends, great song and a sweeet … Continue reading →

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The Lion’s Roar by First Aid Kit

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

Women with a great voices singing a beautiful song: The Lion’s Roar by First Aid Kit came out in the beginning of the year. First Aid Kit are a Swedish duo of sisters, Klara and Johanna. Am I dreaming, or … Continue reading →

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SHOP CLOSED — on break , out of power , getting juice , back soon

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

Good morning dear Reader! I’m going to write very little until the end of the summer.  I’ll try to put up pictures, music, and bits-and-bobs occasionally; but posts will probably be few and far between.  If you want to be … Continue reading →

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I can skip better than you

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

I’m just a person. I’m just a person whose emotional development stopped cold in its tracks for a good long time when I was two years old. I’m a person with lots of love for lots of people and lots … Continue reading →

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Recognition: Very Inspiring Blogger Award and Sunshine Award

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

I haven’t been good to this blog even though it has been nothing but good to me. Let’s have a break from the gloom I’ve been spreading in this place of late. Here are some of the nice things that … Continue reading →

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