Author: cryskie
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Why I love books
Billy Collins From Memento Mori: It doesn’t take much to remind me what a mayfly I am, what a soap bubble floating over the children’s party. From As Usual: After we have parted, the boats will continue to leave the harbor at dawn. The salmon will struggle up to the pools, one month following the…
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Tiny Manhattan
I am so excited that my friend and colleague J. bought me these teensy glasses as a parting gift from my office job. I’ve been wanting them FOREVER, and a couple of days ago I came home to a box with my name on it, filled with eight of these babies. They’re so freakin’ cute!…
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Summer!
So yesterday was the first official day of summer, even though it’s been crazy-hot in Austin for quite some time. I’m thinking I need a Summer List of things I want to do before the autumn comes around again. Eat lots of snow cones Make ice cream and sorbet at home Make dark and stormys at…
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starting the summer off right
I stopped by the farmers’ market today to pick up our growler of cold-brewed coffee. This is a weekly thing for us now – a jar full of perfectly brewed coffee so that we can make our own iced coffee drinks at home (which is much cheaper than stopping at the coffee shop every day).…