Things What I Love.by jenni ripley, listmaker – Going out in the quiet weekend earliness, and everyone’s smiling and saying ‘good morning’. Doesn’t happen two hours later in the day. – Seeing people wearing the things I’ve knitted for them. – The sun showing through the vines on my bedroom window. – Getting things right. I’ve been listening to Diary, ...

Howdy. 1) I knew the day would come when I would renounce my loyalty to my old Dunn Brothers and choose a new, more convenient coffeeshop. It is Gigi’s Cafe, right around the corner from mi casa. The girls there are awesome, and the food is unbelievable. I’ll still go to my old haunt when I can, but you know. ...

Hi! Today I got smacked down hard, twice!, for my irritability at the immense gym overcrowding the past couple days. And they’re right; it’s a totally assholish attitude to have. I shouldn’t even have to remind myself of the admiration I have for people who seek to improve themselves. It’s hard as hell to keep pushing in the right direction ...

Happy new year, druzhki!! For you, various items, some of them perhaps even interesting. I. Photographs. Here are a couple blurry offcolor phone-pictures I love so well: the animals and downtown St Paul the other day with the bizarre weather: mostly overcast with some anemic blue sky peeking through, and this strange smoky haze. Supposedly the air-quality index was at ...