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Letters #11

Posted on September 30th, 2011

Dear Husband, Recently someone told us we looked like college students, and asked how we stay so young. I think it’s because of you, and your love for life, and your happiness, and your laughter. Thanks. Dear God, Thank you thank you thank you thank you for the upcoming week of temperatures in the low 90s. To me, it’s autumn, and I am happy. Dear Eat  Your Books, Sometimes I forget I have you as a resource. Yesterday I remembered, and you’ve made meal planning infinitely easier, once again. Dear October, You are my favorite month of all. You will bring autumn breezes, and possibly the need for sweaters and scarves, and the Austin Film Festival, and Halloween, and plump oysters, and Supper Club,…

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Oatmeal

Posted on September 29th, 2011

Sometimes, you need a ginormous bowl of oatmeal to get you through the day. Sometimes, you need a ginormous bowl of oatmeal with muscovado sugar, plumped dried cherries, toasted pecans and browned butter. That is all. *Edited to add: For those of you who would like a recipe, here are the basics of how I made this: 1 1/2 cups water 1/4 cup dried cherries (or other dried fruit) 1 – 2 tablespoons sugar (I used muscovado, but regular white sugar or honey would be lovely) pinch of salt 3/4 cup rolled oats (not quick-cooking) 1/4 cup toasted nuts (I used pecans) 1 – 2 teaspoons butter (or a tablespoon if you’re having a bad day) Bring water, dried cherries, sugar and salt to…

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Autumn tunes

Posted on September 23rd, 2011

I am anxiously awaiting autumn. The fact that we can walk downtown without dying of heat stroke means it’s on its way. Here are the songs I’m listening to as I wait. A Million Years by Alexander You and Me by Penny & the Quarters Dreams-Come-True-Girl by Cass McCombs The Very Thought of You by Billie Holliday Velvet Elvis (RAC Remix) by Alex Winston Whispering by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra You Can by Skipping Girl Vinegar Ravan by Brasstronaut

Randoms

Posted on September 22nd, 2011

About one roll of film ago, I somehow didn’t figure out that the battery in my Yashica had died. So things weren’t working and I couldn’t figure out why, and the roll of film was in there and so I tried to get it out, and in doing so, I ripped all of the perforations on the edge and some of the film. I took it in to attempt to develop it, and it worked! This is the only photo that ended up torn, and it turns out it’s my favorite photo of all. You just can’t photoshop a lovely effect like a torn bowl of cherries. *   *   *   *   *   *    *   *   * Stuff keeps…

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