My sister once said something that seems to sum up the way I feel about cheese very succinctly. She said, "If I could have any dream job, the one I want is the one where I get to go around the world tasting cheese."
I love cheese (obviously a family trait). I love it enough that I've started trying to make it. Should that sort of thing intrique you, you can check out the cheese site I've got going with a couple of friends.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Memorial
Eight years. That is how long my umbrella and I had been together. It saw me through many a commute to downtown Chicago, and I knew after the first winter that this was an extraordinary umbrella. It never flipped inside out, when it started breaking it was always in a way that was easy to fix, and it felt solid and stable in my hand.
Last night, in a moment of carelessness, I left my umbrella, despite all its years of commitment and service, in the park. It sat there all alone, abandoned. I hope that someone who needed an umbrella picked it up and will use it despite its akward bent spoke that has to fixed each time it is opened, but I fear that this isn't what happened. I fear that it has been thrown away without regard, stuffed into a trash bin, abused and neglected.
Last night, in a moment of carelessness, I left my umbrella, despite all its years of commitment and service, in the park. It sat there all alone, abandoned. I hope that someone who needed an umbrella picked it up and will use it despite its akward bent spoke that has to fixed each time it is opened, but I fear that this isn't what happened. I fear that it has been thrown away without regard, stuffed into a trash bin, abused and neglected.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting
You should do it if you haven’t. It’s been a rough eight years and we still have a few more months to suffer through but today when I walked down the damp, leaf strewn streets on my way to the ballot drop off box I couldn’t keep the bounce out of my step. We’re still hours (god I hope not days) from finding out the end result but the bounce is more about the fact that I am playing a role, that I’m happy with my choice and that I’m thankful I get to voice my opinion.
On a side note, the whole Oregon mail in ballot thing -in most respects I have to say I love it. I think you get better informed voters because you have access to literature and the Internet, plus the time to contemplate your decision. However, when you mail it in, a certain little piece of the voting day excitement is missing. The confusion, the hassle, the annoying people are avoided, but you are still going to find me walking down to the ballot drop box on election day to drop my ballot off, because there is just something more exciting about everyone voting together on the same day.
On a side note, the whole Oregon mail in ballot thing -in most respects I have to say I love it. I think you get better informed voters because you have access to literature and the Internet, plus the time to contemplate your decision. However, when you mail it in, a certain little piece of the voting day excitement is missing. The confusion, the hassle, the annoying people are avoided, but you are still going to find me walking down to the ballot drop box on election day to drop my ballot off, because there is just something more exciting about everyone voting together on the same day.
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