Monthly Archives: January 2012

A Desk with a View

The title is an obvious riff on Virginia Woolf’s A Room with a View. Technically my official workspace is a Room-with-a-Partial-View upstairs, but I rarely use it. That so-called “real” office has one low-to-the-floor eyebrow window with a small but pretty … Continue reading

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Down the rabbit hole

Since I’m barely breathing out of one nostril and almost everyone I know is sneezing, coughing, or in recovery, I thought it might be fun to dig a little deeper into some facts about the common cold. Instead, googling ‘interesting … Continue reading

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Yogurt makes good floor polish

Who knew. This morning, when the container of strawberry-pink Stonyfield dropped from the fridge and exploded on the kitchen floor, I had no idea I’d be making an unexpected cleaning-product discovery. Turns out the slimy sweet yogurt requires multiple scrubbings … Continue reading

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