Author Archives: Joanna

Traffic Sign Valentine

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Joanna
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If You Lean Toward the Screen You Can Smell the Perfume

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Joanna
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Gargoyles and Stained Glass, s’il vous plaît

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Joanna

We’ve established conclusively that Obama is one of the sexiest presidents ever, right? Right. Obviously. No question. So, in the hope that his spell extends beyond the US, and that it has coaxed the rest of the world into forgiving … Continue reading →

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How Long Until We Can Vote for This Guy Again??

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Joanna
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Depth-of-Winter Gardening

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Joanna

All weekend I’ve been memorizing seed catalogs and nursery websites, obsessing over what to buy for this year’s garden and where to plant it all. In a fit of especially high-pitched mania I ordered a variety of tomato that costs … Continue reading →

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Operation Mayhem Homework

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Joanna

The assignment: sneak into a bookstore after hours and swap the Literary Fiction books with the Metaphysics/New Age section. The hypothesis: this will immediately cheer up the five listless souls who actually read LitFic’s postmodern puke. These days metaphysicians and … Continue reading →

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9-Degree Window

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Joanna
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Snow & Champagne

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Joanna

The calendar thinks the first day of winter was a week ago, but actually it was yesterday. 23 degrees, windy, and lots of the white stuff for which Eskimo languages have 2000 words. As a result my accomplishments for the … Continue reading →

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Yule Logs

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Joanna
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I Told Everyone I Didn’t Want a Christmas Tree

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Joanna

And yet this wonky darling showed up tonight, complete with a brand new string of lights. My brother reports that he heard a voice while he was circling the tree: Oh no, Mommy, that man has a chainsaw! Clearly he’s … Continue reading →

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