Posts by: maya

farmer’s market bounty

On October 16, 2011 · 2 Comments · In food

Our conversion to greens-eating people continues….

So, Sophie and I went to the local farmer’s market Saturday morning.  It’s a totally different experience walking the booths when you actually eat vegetables, versus when all things green are foreign evils masquerading as food, eaten by spiral-eyed zombies—I mean, these people must be brainwashed because why else [...]

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20 year old vita-mix, and other relics

On October 14, 2011 · 3 Comments · In mayalife

I had three separate people ask me in the last couple of days about my twenty year old Vita-Mix, as mentioned in the previous post.  Like I said, the new ones go for nearly $500, so it is kind of a miracle to suddenly want to use one on a daily basis and find, oh [...]

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invasion of the green smoothies

On October 11, 2011 · 4 Comments · In food

I just ate a head of Romaine lettuce.  SHOCKER.  But hang on—yesterday I had a bunch of kale, and the day before, an entire bunch of CHARD.  Go ahead and fall over.  I’ll get the smelling salts.

Clearly I have turned to the dark side.

I have previously mentioned my Iron Man drink, and, well, [...]

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conflicted about the food chain

On October 7, 2011 · 7 Comments · In mayalife

Walking the dog yesterday, we came upon a deer, a totally normal occurrence, but instead of leaping gracefully away, this deer walked towards us.  Henry, not on his lead, went bonkers, barking, lunging, and as the deer continued to not run away, he quickly worked up to grabbing on with his giant doggy teeth.

I [...]

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the putting-it-out-there blues

On October 3, 2011 · 2 Comments · In mayalife, writing

In my guise as Waking Dreams Press chief of staff, I’m working with an artist on the cover art for Toby Streams the Universe. (I’m still, at this late date, ambivalent about this title.  I hate that.)  I’m so nervous!  It’s terrifically fun to put out a book, making all the creative choices myself, getting [...]

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the beginning of the end

On October 1, 2011 · 3 Comments · In mayalife

Look what Sophie pulled out of my head last night as I was reading a book:

Three gray hairs.

I’ve been putting henna on my hair for years, but I’ve been lax.  I’ve got roots.  And you can see the line of red where the henna was last applied.  But what [...]

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tristana as synesthesia?

On September 29, 2011 · 2 Comments · In yoga

Three times in my yoga practice I’ve found myself in this…what, state? place? brain-condition?…experience that I’ve somewhat jokingly called the Big Silence.  The first was in the David Williams workshop I went to in May last year, and the second time was this random fluke last November.  The third time was last Friday.

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a few subversive thoughts on cleaning

On September 26, 2011 · 4 Comments · In mayalife

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I really don’t care for cleaning.  This has always been true.  And yet, somehow it has come to be that I am the person directly responsible for cleaning up after myself, three other (messy) people, a dog, a cat, a small herd of goats, and a chicken.  How has this happened?  It’s like waking [...]

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noteshelf for ipad — the experiment

On September 22, 2011 · 2 Comments · In writing

Writing a novel takes a lot of…well, it takes a lot of writing.  And if you are me, a lot of that writing isn’t on a computer.  Noodling ideas around, working out the arc in a scene, trying to get at a character’s motivation, backstory lists, changes to be made, punch lists, ETC, it all [...]

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thor eats honey o’s!

On September 19, 2011 · 3 Comments · In food, kiddo life, reviews

Being the Avengers fans that we are, of course we watched Thor when it hit DVD.  Well, I mean, when I noticed that it had hit DVD.  We loved it, of course, because why not?  It’s full of spectacle and fun and we simply Can. Not. Wait. for the Avengers movie next summer.

But you [...]

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