Archive for December, 2003

December 20, 2003

Denizen of the Free Library

by Susannah at 1:14 pm

Until I went to college, I was a regular denizen of the Free Library. I read every Young Adult book at the Greater Olney branch. Then I read everything in the “Great Books” section, the section where they had paperback editions of everything I was to have to read again later in life. [...]

December 15, 2003

It’s good to be married…

by Susannah at 7:43 am

So this is a tribute to my indomitable husband.
I came home on Saturday night at 3am, with my husband in bed because I had opted to go out dancing without him (or he opted to go home, I’m not sure). I walked in the door to a putrid smell and I quickly [...]

December 7, 2003

Snow and Fair Trade

by Susannah at 4:28 pm

It’s snowing and I’m feeling a bit daft for coming in to work at all, but the package I was waiting for just came so maybe I’ll leave early. Or maybe I’ll spend the rest of the day on the internet, who knows.
But the real point of my blog is fair trade. I [...]

December 1, 2003

Big Toe Mass Confusion

by Susannah at 3:49 pm

I am always struck by how tenuous my understanding of myself, my life, my interests, the world and the interactions in between is. I try to keep it all in my tight fist, trying to compress it all into a manageable kernel by the sheer force of my mental processes. The more confused [...]