I love this series of shirts from Patagonia, but somehow spending $30 bucks to remind myself to simplify seems like a bit of a contradiction. The more I get rid of the nouns and verbs that don’t fit into the life I’ve imagined, the better I feel and the more room I have for the...
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Drinking: Coffee at home! Hooray! Listening to: The Nest – Jose Gonzalez I started this blog in 2007, but I never thought I would make it to 100 consecutive days of blogging. Day number 365 seems so far away. Today, The NYTimes has a cool article and interactive called A Writer Get’s A Home Office...
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Drinking: Green Tea Listening to: Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush – Don’t Give Up On the rare occassion that I go to Keeneland and actually win a two dollar bet, I am the loudest, most surprised winner of the day. That was sort of my reaction to winning a giveaway from one of my favorite...
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Drinking: a mistake – a Seattle’s Best orange latte or some such that I picked up at Borders before driving back from a seminar. I am sorry to report that it tastes like a bottle of Hawaiian Tropic smells. Bad news bears. Listening to: Dear Companion – Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore {100% of...
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A client of mine is heading to Costa Rica for vacation and is collecting soccer balls to take to children there. My firm wanted to help and shopped around for soccer balls and we’ve ended up going with The Soccer Center of Kentucky. We wanted to shop locally, and they made it so much easier because their prices...
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Drinking: my last green tea frapp. for a while. Just discovered that the smallest size contains 290 calories. oh well. Listening to: If I Had Eyes – Jack Johnson Rumor has it Jack Johnson has a new album coming out on June 1, 2010. When I hear his music, I think about how great it...
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Drinking: a green tea frapp. Listening to: this very happy cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s Cecilia by Local Natives For my Nashville readers, Local Natives will play The Basement in Nashville on Apr 30 2010 @ 8:00 P. I discovered them via Arrow & Arrow, the blog home of Spartan Shop where I ordered these...
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Drinking: Coffee at home while we prepare brunch Listening to: Sunrise – Norah Jones Happy Easter everyone! The basket spoils are getting us ready for summer. Or Lady Gaga’s tour. The dolls and candy were a bigger hit than the pool gear, but I love the poses that the glasses inspire. RA RA OOH LA...
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I am obsessed with the work of Thayer Allison Gowdy. I would never want to imulate anyone else’s style. But I can learn so much from looking at her images about storytelling and light and staying honest to your own story. Love her quiet, thoughtful work. Obsessed with this tilted sun quilt that I bought...
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Drinking: Cherry Fountain Coke to cure this killer caff. headache Listening to: World Spins Madly On – The Weepies I had this great conversation with a friend yesterday about how if the obstacle is removed, then you can go for it and sometimes that is the hardest part–not having an excuse anymore. Without the obstacle,...
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