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Once again I failed to notice a fairly major earthquake. What is the point of living in this state if I have to learn about our natural disasters in an email the next morning from my mother?
This may be a little callous in the wake of devastating wildfires. I just want to feel the freakin [...]

I continue to get more than my money’s worth (to date: $2 in fines) from the Berkeley Public Library, god bless them. These are a few novels I’ve enjoyed recently, in case you’re looking for a good one:
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See - a story of women in 19th century China. [...]

In our latest culinary adventure, we made carnitas (recipe courtesy of this man, who also supplies us with the bulk of our ice cream ideas). It was a four-day odyssey of intimate meat handling.
Mmm, I hope that one nets me some good google hits.
The journey began on Tuesday, when I cut 6 pounds of pork [...]

When I imagined this fall, it was as a featureless stretch of time: 9-5 workdays, new routines, good habits, and sober adulthood. With the end of my insane life-altering adventures (like teaching 8th grade) and retreats into semi-childhood (grad school), the excitement would be over, and I would be simply a grown-up, working at a [...]