My sentiments exactly..

From here, as part of a longer, very excellent, very cute photo article on farm living, food, the simple life, thanksgiving, democracy.. the unifying theme a question on why we eat so much fast food and eat food so fast.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
-Cicero

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Brief thoughts on womanism

Some notes on my intermittent thoughts on the subject, which was sparked by this fantastic NYT op-ed- a rare gem in a time where feminism has been overdone and overdiscussed, to the point of becoming passé. Great article, if only for its coherence- the points are the same (they always are- the only thing that has changed are [...]

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Back and not quite so ready to rumble

Nothing like being hauled into your boss’ office and grilled like shish kebab your first day back on numbers you went on holiday to forget. Alas! Not so lucky. So much for easing back into the grind, more like thrown right back into the pummelling machine.
Few things to me are as rejuvenating as a good read, and good English, which I [...]

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Bali, and then some

I am a bit too excited for this short jaunt, perhaps even more so than the bride herself – i just want to get away!
I raided my bookshelf last night in search of this book following a surge of unexplainable desire to read some eloquent gore blood and mystery:

But realised much later, after making a huge [...]

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