Five on Friday — Making Me Happy Lately . . .

 1. That orange leather bag (deadstock/vintage) I bought in Portland this past spring and began second-guessing immediately. I decided that since I purchased it, I’d better make a point of using it, and it’s earning…

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Saturday Seven . . . Delivering Happiness and Books and Film . . .

Feeling a bit scattered right now. A few too many ambitions and projects and commitments, and I haven’t quite figured how to get my head above it all long enough to achieve some coherence. But…

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Five Things Friday: Recent Happiness Brought to Me By. . .

You might have noticed that I prefaced the latest Culinary Croatia Calls post with a reference to my recent happiness. Here are a few of what’s been putting a smile on my face lately. 1.…

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Five Things Friday: Toe-Dipping Activities. . .

This photo, which I took yesterday at dusk, captures some of what I’ve been feeling lately: a sense of, to use my big words, liminal plenitude. An almost paradisical fullness here, beauty and comfort abounding,…

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Smile! A kid and some goats . . .

Feeling a bit under the weather (I’ve stopped sneezing enough that I’m continuing teaching, but any spare time is given over to resting — and to making travel plans, on which more later . .…

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