Ordinary Canary

Here in NYC, it has become impossible to deny the fact that autumn is upon us. The temperatures have dropped significantly and I find myself wearing a sweater to and from work. Not yet a coat, thank goodness. I dread winter like nothing else.
I’ve been thinking a lot about my garden. [...]

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Dear Squirrel Who Keeps Eating My Home-grown Strawberries,
On the day of the Reckoning, you’re going to be first in line.
The store is down the street. Get your own.
Love,
Me

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This is where I grow herbs when it’s too cold outside:

The chives have done well!

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It’s been a busy, but quiet few weeks here.  I’ve been spending my time taking care of some domestic issues, like trying to get my house back in order after finally getting my flooring redone.  It’s also been snowing with Canada-like frequency, which has meant a lot of time sitting around curled up with books.  [...]

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New York is being blanketed with her first snowstorm. This is particularly appropriate timing, since I spent yesterday hanging up holiday lights for the first time in my life. I’ve never had an outside to decorate before, but now that I have a house, the situation has changed. I even wrenched my [...]

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The day before election day - it’s an exciting thing. I have figured out my voting place, how to get there, when to get there and what to wear.
I cannot believe the world has come to such a place where I can vote for a black man for President of the United States. [...]

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The weekend sum-up:
1. Get home, go to local hardware store, buy more paint stuff. Make subpar dinner with roasted potatoes and peas.
2. Ignore exhaustion, spend hours taping up room, hallway and bathroom in preparation for painting.
3. Sleep for five hours, wake up with Looming Responsibilities hanging over me. 
4. Paint, paint, paint.
5. Discover body is in [...]

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Aside from my current insomnia, it was another rather lovely weekend.
My house is well under way in being painted, but I still had to run around to hardware stores to pick up a few last colors. Damn my training in color theory that makes it impossible to paint everything one color because the [...]

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Lately I have spent an extraordinary amount of time on the phone with retail companies that seem to want to prove their incompetence. I’ve been trying to get an iPhone for the last month. It was lost in shipping. Trying to get a refund is an apparent impossibility. Getting a replacement [...]

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September has arrived again, though this is the first time that I’m 28 years old for it.  It is the second time that it’s shown up and I’ve had a college degree, which has lead to no small amount of duress.  It took me so long to get my degree (six years) that after I [...]

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