November 7, 2009

November 6, 2009

that's morning time, before we got there

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A fall weekend in Music City.

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Food on table at At the Table.

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A beekeeper came to the Bermans' to deal w/ a li'l yellow jacket problem.

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Miles on his farm.

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The plan.

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Addendum to the plan.

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T-shirt sales.

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Robert's.

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Pumpkin cairns at the Farmers Market.

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Marche.

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Flea Market.

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TTFN, TN.

November 5, 2009

that's us, before we got there

From time to time, nothing makes me feel more out of touch with people than the Interweb: Photos of weddings (wait. you were engaged? two years ago? wow. huh!) and photos of babes (everyone's birthing new humans at the moment, and I suspect this'll continue forever); distant strains of virtual conversation; conversational snippets; 140-character memoirs about meals and cats. I know some of this out-of-touch vibe is inevitable: We grow older and naturally roam within narrower, but perhaps more purposefully defined, circles; I know part of this is that I've been a real crappy penpal/long-distance pal the past couple years, and I feel guilty about letting certain correspondences fall by the wayside, even though this is a semi-typical (albeit semi-lame) course to follow in this, our 21st century; and lastly, yeah: THE 21st CENTURY. Seems like a little of this guilt is a very contemporary predicament and, from time to time, unavoidable, since we now “know” A TON about each other (friend, family member, long-ago classmate, friend of family member)—or well, a virtual ton. In conclusion: I'm sure the pioneers didn't attempt to keep in touch with everyone they met on the wide frontier. Except for people they met who had like, a surplus of medical supplies or knew a surprising amount about animal husbandry or had a really amazing recipe for corn pudding. Also in conclusion: Nothing puts me back in time like Autumn and, in many ways, back in touch. I have some letters to write.

Other recent wtgs:

+ Interview with Bruce Willen and Nolen Strals of Post Typography (Proximity)

+ Review of Bright-Sided, by Barbara Ehrenreich (Time Out Chicago)

+ Feature on Joan of Arc's Flowers (Ghettoblaster)



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A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads AKA Photos It Took Me a Long Time to Upload

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Matt & Heidi got married in the Michigan woods.

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It rained...

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...then it didn't!

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Everything was illuminated.

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Beauty.

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There were horses and a pony on the property.

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Amanda made sure they rec'd tons of attention.

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As did John.

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Celebrated my 28th birthday w/ the fam at Chuck E. Cheese.

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It was Kale's 3rd BD also, and believe it or not, Chuck E's was his idea.
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FYI: 9 million tickets still only get you a tiny pack of Pop Rocks and an eraser.

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Pretty sure Brooke took this one.

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The rest of birthday week incl. such excitement as karaoke, dinner at avec, mini-pumpkins, and a marathon, the latter of which was (not surprisingly) ridiculously long but (surprisingly) survivable. I forgot to run with any food, kind of assuming they’d have plenty of it along the course, but no. :( Around mile 14, I thought I was gonna pass out from insane hunger. But I made it to the Power Gel station at mile 18 and fortunately got a second wind. I’m not sure what wind I was on when I finished, but I was extremely stoked to finish, nonetheless.

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Scare-a-thon. (Photo by someone professional.)

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