1. New Beginnings
(LIFE/Wildly Facinating)

...iding to-and-fro work these past two weeks i now recgonize the other commuters and walkers and runners... almost all of them smiling. I myself cannot stop grinning while riding my coral pink contrapti...

2. I'm almost done!
(LIFE/Latest)

This past week has been exciting and chaotic! I've met a variety of service people: plumbers, painters, drywallers, insulation installers, landscapers, handymen, and screen-builders. I've met friends

3. Poem for today
(ART/BOOKS/Poetry)

... (For Ian Jack)   Lying in bed in the dark without heating. December 3rd and feeling warm, almost too warm, I hear the window give that rattle-burp it only ever does when wind is ...

4. Jodie - Update!
(FILM+TV/Film)

...ayed out, and the characters are equally well crafted, including the main character of the City - you can almost smell the streets. I plan on seeing it again before it leaves the big screen. Cal...

5. Cold Brewed Coffee
(EAT/DRINK/Foodie Research)

In an effort to make use of the beans rendered almost undrinkable due to my poor coffee roasting skills, i took the advice of a friend and created some cold brew coffee goodness. After soaking 1/5lb

6. Coffee Roasting, Part II
(EAT/DRINK/Foodie Research)

...ill continue to if only to inspire better results. The espresso is horrible at Chez Itsy and that, that's almost more that i can admit to. Sigh. ...

7. Curry!
(EAT/DRINK/Today's Menu)

... house smells like Itsy's House of Bombay and indeed nothing could be more satiating to the senses, (well almost nothing)... ...