going: 264/365

going: 264/365

  When the rain stopped, I decided to do some running intervals–something I haven’t felt like doing in ages. I put in my earphones and set off into the wind, and when my phone beeped that it was time to turn around, I kept going. ~  365 true things...
smart: 263/365

smart: 263/365

I’m not as smart as I thought I was, and I would think I could make headway* on this one, but I still seem to be losing ground.  *This expression, first recorded in 1887, uses headway in the nautical sense of “a vessel’s forward movement.” ~...
the scraps: 262/365

the scraps: 262/365

Slate Magazine has a series I recommend called the Slate Book Review author-editor conversation. I particularly enjoyed the conversations between Meg Wolitzer and Sarah McGrath and between Claire Messud and Robin Desser. The most recent installment features Joshua...
this is 75: 261/365

this is 75: 261/365

75-year-old Lily Tomlin (who is now 76) gives a stellar performance in Grandma, and hats off to writer/director Paul Weitz for getting Grandma out of the kitchen, as well as for a terrific screenplay and story. And for his almost all-female cast. Weitz says he wrote...
high tide: 259/365

high tide: 259/365

Back on May 16th, #124, I set out for the lighthouse across the bay. After that post, Cal texted that he wanted to walk out there the next time he came. So today we did–at dead high tide. We had to go through even more water than I did back in May. Lots of seals...