Posts under ‘Genie’

Note: This is reblogged from BlogHer, where it appeared yesterday. But I wanted to share this with those of you who don’t read me over there.
I have spent a good portion of my life trying to balance out time for creative work and time for work that actually pays the bills, fitting in [...]

Before I was able to add myself to the lease for the new apartment, I had to meet with the property manager, a wonderful woman from Alabama who met me for coffee. “What is it that you do?” she asked, and I told her all about the job that brings in the money.
Later, I mentioned [...]

Just before Christmas, I was having a conversation with a guy who flitted in—then out—of my life like a strange and beautiful moth. “I am done with roommates,” I said. “Never again.”
“Absolutely,” he said. “The only roommate I’ll ever have again will be the one that’s sharing my bed.”
It was in the same vein of [...]

Yesterday afternoon, I got an email from Seed Savers Exchange announcing it’s time to put in transplant orders. Since I moved to Oakland, I’ve been deleting most messages from SSE, although, it should be noted, not actually getting off the mailing list. Just deleting, and ignoring.
Until yesterday afternoon.
Though it’s not yet time for a [...]

I returned to my oft-neglected journal to find my 2009 resolutions…or, as I prefer to write them, intentions.
And, as it turns out, despite my best intentions, I pretty much failed the entire list of 10. One of them made me laugh out loud — it turns out I, indeed, intended to schedule (the absurdity of [...]

1. {001} Closed for the holiday, 2. {002} Upper right corner, 3. {003} Cheese & salami platters, 4. {004} Tapas spread, 5. {005} Back to the workouts, 6. {006} Light again, 7. {007} Stand-off, 8. {008} Talking to the media, 9. {009} Bright lights, big literature, 10. {010} Furrow in the marsh, 11. {011} Two [...]

I’m not a numbers girl, but I pulled together some 2009 statistics that blow my mind when they’re all in one place:
I attended two comedy shows, three plays, two musicals, one lecture, 17 music shows of various styles, and half of the Treasure Island Music Festival.

I read publicly twice, once as part of a Literary [...]

(Editor’s Note: Inspired by my friends Fatemeh, Jen and Tea, I’m going to spend some of the remaining year participating in Gwen Bell’s Best of 2009 Challenge. These won’t all be about gardening and food, but, well, neither am I. I appreciate your patience as you indulge my participation, and I hope you’ll share your [...]

If you’re reading this, I survived the run-up to Thanksgiving.
Oh, I know. First-world problems, really. I MUST CLEAN. I MUST BUY CRAZY AMOUNTS OF LOCALLY-SOURCED FOOD. I MUST TEAR MY HAIR OUT AND RANT AND ROAR AND WHINE. So, enough already. Here’s the sunny side of the street.
For the second year in a row, my [...]

Earlier this year, someone gave me a plant.
“You don’t understand,” I said. “I’m terrible at watering plants.”
He explained it was the kind that didn’t require much care, just watering once a week, and that it was the kind of plant that helped purify the air.
He’d put a lot of thought into the plant, and I [...]