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Mar. 5th, 2015 10:41 pm1. Picture of the snow falling in Rufus King Park today. This is the park that I walk around during my lunch break. Although not today. The picture was taken by my co-worker, who is made of hardier stuff - he hails from Moscow, Russia - so this is nothing.
( behind the cut due to insane size )
The snow was pretty. Soft. A blanket of white on the earth. Making me grateful for many things:
* An apartment with laundry in the basement (I did laundry tonight - would have been impossible a year ago.)
* Super who cleaned walkway - no ice. (also an impossibility a year ago)
* lovely train ride, included a beautiful view of the city encased in snowfall. Plus lots of time to read. Across from me sat a Hasidic Jewish Couple, with their one month old baby, who lay sleeping across the woman's lap...covered in white, a stark contrast to her smart black outfit and his black cloak and rain gear covering his black hat.
* It silences the city....everything is quiet.
* didn't have to go anywhere tonight - so perfect day and night for snow
2. The much maligned Romance Genre, gets a bad rap due to the media's focus on crappy best-sellers. To be fair, best-sellers tend to be crappy in all genres. Seriously, James Patterson is not the best of the mystery genre, and well, I'm on the fence about Stephen King.
Anyhow, after having read over 600 romance novels in the last few years, I feel I can provide a halfway decent list of good ones:
( list of good romance novels that I'd recommend to people without fear of being smacked on the head )
3. Been drinking too much hot coco at work. It's not the sugar, it's the coco. I've discovered this fabulous unsweetened organic fair trade coco - just add boiling water and a little half-and-half milk - and it's amazing. Only problem is I can't just have one cup a day, I have three. And it's wiring me. I'm sensitive to caffeine and addicted to it.
As a result, I find myself falling into old patterns that I'm trying to break. Like writing too many lj posts. Being edgy and aggravated. Note to self, get off the coco.
Chocolate is evil.
( behind the cut due to insane size )
The snow was pretty. Soft. A blanket of white on the earth. Making me grateful for many things:
* An apartment with laundry in the basement (I did laundry tonight - would have been impossible a year ago.)
* Super who cleaned walkway - no ice. (also an impossibility a year ago)
* lovely train ride, included a beautiful view of the city encased in snowfall. Plus lots of time to read. Across from me sat a Hasidic Jewish Couple, with their one month old baby, who lay sleeping across the woman's lap...covered in white, a stark contrast to her smart black outfit and his black cloak and rain gear covering his black hat.
* It silences the city....everything is quiet.
* didn't have to go anywhere tonight - so perfect day and night for snow
2. The much maligned Romance Genre, gets a bad rap due to the media's focus on crappy best-sellers. To be fair, best-sellers tend to be crappy in all genres. Seriously, James Patterson is not the best of the mystery genre, and well, I'm on the fence about Stephen King.
Anyhow, after having read over 600 romance novels in the last few years, I feel I can provide a halfway decent list of good ones:
( list of good romance novels that I'd recommend to people without fear of being smacked on the head )
3. Been drinking too much hot coco at work. It's not the sugar, it's the coco. I've discovered this fabulous unsweetened organic fair trade coco - just add boiling water and a little half-and-half milk - and it's amazing. Only problem is I can't just have one cup a day, I have three. And it's wiring me. I'm sensitive to caffeine and addicted to it.
As a result, I find myself falling into old patterns that I'm trying to break. Like writing too many lj posts. Being edgy and aggravated. Note to self, get off the coco.
Chocolate is evil.