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katcontrol

I am here for Friends

About Me

"While we respond to the exacting demands of the environment, we must attempt to rediscover, during what leisure we can wrest from the struggle, the value and the quality in little things."

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

daydream believers and homecoming queens

My Blog

a bummer.

There is something that bothers me very much: people over-interpreting situations of which they are not a part, drawing harsh and uninformed judgments, and being obnoxiously vocal or condescending abo...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:18:00 GMT

confession:

Hil's DNC speech made me cry a little. More than once.
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:52:00 GMT

reflective update

There has been an awful lot going on with my work, family, pets, finances, friendships, and relationship over the past several months, though nothing I'd call bloggable.  Any one of my friends wh...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:59:00 GMT

today

has been a little bit of fried chicken and about 5 pounds of solid sugar. i am currently sitting in the sun, on the couch, drinking water, watching the hunger, finishing up this sweater i've been kni...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:20:00 GMT

last night.

A ferocious black and gray scottie named "Mad Dog" barked menacingly at me in the video store. It was the best thing that happened all week and I told him I wasn't afraid of him and that if he didn't...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:59:00 GMT

native tomato 1

Our farmshare included 2 lovely, medium-sized field-grown tomatoes this week. I made myself a calabrese salad with mine and am still in the afterglow of eating it. Basil from both the back yard and ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:44:00 GMT

soreness, cycling satisfaction

I got a bike! And I learned to ride it yesterday! Thanks to the foraging and building abilities of my deardear roommate, Mr. W. T. Porter, and the best boyfriend in the world, Mr. David Dowling, I ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:43:00 GMT

moodypoo

My moods have been all over the place this week. New York was kind of exhausting...8 hours on the fung wah, 8 billion degrees with no air conditioning, all my plans falling through, and daily searing...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:04:00 GMT

prrrrr

spending the whole work day baking breads is the loveliest.foodporn to come--watch out.
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:06:00 GMT

i love

soft scrambled eggs with lots of chives from the garden and sour cream, with homemade sourdough toast, full of grains from the brew store.and cold, dark tea.and breezy, sunny mornings with sweaters.an...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 08:17:00 GMT