It’s six steps from my desk to the microwave. But I probably take a thousand steps for coffee every day...
Tag: thoughts
Remembering Rachel Corrie
It's been 13 years since Rachel Corrie was murdered in Gaza while protecting Palestinian homes from demolition. In the ensuing time since her death, she's become a beacon of humanitarian work for people all over the world. She's been a personal hero for me -- I've admired her courage, her writing, her dedication to helping…
In Pursuit of Smart, Not Happy
There are many ways in which I feel alienated from the rest of my human peers. I love Hillary Clinton. Literally everyone else in the world seems to hate her. I don't like dogs, and that's "weird." I actually prefer salamanders. Like, if everyone who has a dog had a salamander instead, I would be…
In Defense of Slow
I have been ruminating over writing this for a couple of weeks - just one more reason to write it! I have had a slow Christmas day: got up and started some breakfast - a traditional Christmas bubble loaf of doughy, cinnamon cream cheese goodness that my family makes every year, then good coffee. We…
New Year, Ready or Not
Now that we've made it over the first end-of-year Holiday hump, my belly a food lump, I've decided that some things have to change next year. This year has been a good run - a fun one, not a rat race, of sorts. New city, new jobs, no job, what now? On the chopping block…
Anna A. Snook 