Category Archives: read me

wilting wednesday

By rachel | Published: July 7, 2010
I’m not one to complain about the heat, but seriously: this is ridiculous. I’ve done close to nothing for three days. I finally broke down and bought this kiddie pool and set it up at the end of our driveway behind our palettes of grey stone so that I can lounge in it in my [...]
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healing

By rachel | Published: June 7, 2010
i keep asking C: “if it hurts, does that mean it’s healing?” moving slowly here. i’m getting better at typing w three fingers and C is getting better at brushing my teeth. i’ve never felt so useless. i’m learning that doing a little hurts a lot later, and that ice packs are my  new best [...]
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pleasure and procrastination

By rachel | Published: May 27, 2010
It’s been in the mid-80s all week, and I’m one of the few who LUV this weather; however, because Rochester isn’t known for sun, I feel a tremendous obligation to be outside for every second of it. This means that very little is getting done around here other than biking, drinking iced almond milk chai, [...]
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spring reading

By rachel | Published: May 13, 2010
Finished reading Eat, Memory the other night. The book is a collection of essays from the New York Times, organized under five sections: Illusions, Discoveries, Struggles, Loss, and Coming Home. Every essay deals with some aspect of food or eating with very little sentimentality. I was struck by the range of feelings and memories that [...]
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