My Dog is Chelsea

First things first. I now have one of these (!):

And it is wonderful. I’m kind of obsessed with it, actually. It’s pretty much the sleekest, fastest, prettiest machine I’ve ever laid eyes on.
Anyway! So there’s a book review in the latest issue of the New Yorker that really got my goat. It’s James Wood’s scathing [...]

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This morning in the shower I brainstormed ways to make blogging a regular part of my life again. Considering that I don’t even have time these days to cook a decent dinner, options are limited. Here’s the Summer Challenge I came up with:
I pledge to stop scarfing my lunch while reading the Internet cover to [...]

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I know, I know. It’s been nearly a month since my last confession blog post. In the last week, I’ve received a nagging email and a nagging Facebook wall post from two of my most dedicated readers alerting me to this sin.
But, you see, the sun has started to come out. It’s that time of [...]

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Live-blogged my first conference for my job this week—the Southwest Washington Sustainability Conference. I didn’t draw the straw to cover RFK Jr.’s speech, but nonetheless felt super cool with my press pass and everything. Sat in the back and typed as the speakers were doing their ‘thang. The result was not exactly a “live blog” [...]

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One of my favorite teachers once gave my class the task of answering that question.
Where are you? It was, maybe, a two-page assignment that I distinctly remember writing by hand. I don’t have the essay anymore but I recall saying something silly like “I am where I imagine myself to be” and went on about [...]

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