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Friday Footnotes

3/21/2014

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It's time again for me to add a post to the Scattered Life Collective. My mind was elsewhere last week, so I didn't participate, and now I can hardly believe it's been two weeks since my last Scattered Life post. Lately I feel like the days are dragging but the weeks are flying by, if that makes any sense.

Current time: 6:44 a.m.

Out the window: Slush. And lots of it. There is so. much. snow. to get rid of - it's going to be a very wet and mucky spring.

On the menu: I'm still on my slow cooker kick, and today I'm preparing this recipe for coconut and green curry pork. So simple, and oh so delicious.

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Reading: Raven Black, the first instalment in the Shetland series by British crime fiction writer Ann Cleeves. The series introduces the character of Inspector Jimmy Perez, and is set in the remote Shetland islands in Scotland. As winner of the Duncan Lawrie Dagger award for best crime novel of the year, Raven Black was described by the judges as having a "superb sense of place." Here the landscape plays almost as important a role in the story as do the major characters. I'm sold on Cleeves' depictions of how a murder investigation is affected by the insularity of this isolated community, and fascinated by the tales of local customs, including the annual fire festival known as Up Helly Aa. 

Listening: Baltimore-based band Future Islands appeared on David Letterman last week and afterward Twitter was abuzz (or should I say "atwitter?") with tales of their greatness. I will admit I wasn't blown away at first, but now the song - Seasons (Waiting on You) - has totally grown on me. What do you think?

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Watching: Portlandia. The fourth season of this hilarious sketch comedy show is now on IFC, but I'm catching up with season three on Netflix. All I can say is, may Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein never stop making the funny together. They are a match made in comedy heaven. And with guest stars like Kyle MacLachlan, Jim Gaffigan and Roseanne Barr, the laughs just intensify. My favourite characters? Toni and Candace, owners of the Women and Women First bookstore.
Good stuff:
  • MELTING SNOW. 'Nuff said.
  • A potentially serious health issue turned out to be not so.
  • A lovely walk on the river with a friend.
  • Lunch out with my mom at my favourite Thai place which is exactly one block from my home. How lucky am I?
  • Looking forward to dinner out this weekend with dear old friends visiting from out of town.

Out and About:
  • 20 Iconic Bands Recreated in Lego
  • The children's choir from the Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences performs its rendition of Pharrell's "Happy"
  • Jonathan Fields of the Good Life Project interviews Adam Braun, founder of Pencils of Promise
  • Not sure how long I would last if I played along with the Minimalism Game
  • This genius bookcase has a built-in ladder
  • A look inside the barista class

That's all for this week.

Sarah xoxo

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Deborah Weber link
3/21/2014 11:43:04

Yay for good medical news, for lunch with your mom, and for a favorite Thai place just a block away! The minimalist game sounds intriguing. For a 30-day month that adds up to 508 things. I can see how getting the things out of your space daily would be important.

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cynthia lee link
3/27/2014 02:17:04

all things lego ... 'nuff said!

my bookstore is hosting the minimalist tour in may. I am not there ... but i am working on reducing ... thus my three thing fling each day. I went to the store last night, thought I would engage in some retail therapy, buy something to make me feel better about all the stuff with my mom this week.

the only thing i bought was magazines to cut up into journals ... bought to re-purpose to ultimately sell or give away. yep.

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Amy Putkonen link
3/28/2014 09:34:04

Hello Sarah Broadfoot.

I found your post on last week's Scattered Life Collective. I've been playing along and not putting my link on the Mr. Linky. Shame on me. Missing out on finding great stuff like this too. Glad I stopped by.

I added the Minimalist Game to my reading list. Hope I do more than that, but love those guys even if they don't make me want to give away my whole household of crap.

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