Category: Lifestyle
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Capitalism solves nothing, but looking at people’s bookish art makes me happy…. I have a confession to make that will surprise no one: I love bookmarks. Another confession: I sometimes even use them! Although I’m also prone to using other strategies including, but not limited to: However, wouldn’t it be so nice to actually just,…
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On Saturday night, we drove up past Berkeley and Oakland and into the Orinda hills for the California Shakespeare festival’s (Cal Shakes) production of Lear. After parking in the gravel lot, we wound our way up the lighted path, through picnic benches (lots of people come early to enjoy a meal before the show), café…
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There’s nothing better than walking down the street and seeing poetry on your way to the library.
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It has been… an interesting few months. Blogging and writing was pushed to the edges as buying our new home took over every waking moment. We didn’t realize how many pages would make up the housing disclosures (over 600). We did not know we would need to read these in 24 hours (which I did)…
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I subscribe to lots of things–probably too many–and as such whenever I go on vacation (or don’t feel like reading things), I develop a huge backlog of reading. While I was cleaning this week, I’d take I-can’t-stand-it-one-more-minute breaks that I told myself were productive because I was clearing out the back log of feminist newsletters,…
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I’m so lucky to have such a wonderful family. Even though the holidays were really hard this year because of my Papa’s health, it was still wonderful to take the week with my fiance to see all my family and so many friends back in Portland. I miss them already. For Christmas, my family does…
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Life during NaNoWriMo is a little messy. The whole house slowly builds up to disaster levels, making it very difficult to get work done. When the mess gets to me, I wander around (looking for ways to procrastinate) and find ways to feel like I’m making a dent without spending tons of time cleaning. So…
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I haven’t mentioned much in the way of wedding planning stuff on the blog, but recently I’ve become a guest blogger on the Bridechilla Podcast blog. About once a month I’ll be writing a wedding planning related post, sharing my journey and experiences and hopefully some tips for other people getting married. I love talking…
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Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, and celebrating the holiday is all about finding ways to invite sweetness and good things into the coming year. It’s a wonderful part of fall, and it always reminds me that new beginnings don’t happen only once a year. In my family it’s always been a fairly low-maintenance…
Allison Burris 