“I have nothing to wear.” Anyone else feeling this way? I haven’t put on a dress, or anything fancy for that matter, in 14 weeks. I am a regular purveyor of Marshall’s and TJ Maxx, they are my two favorite places to shop. (I once dated a guy who said he had never been in one and I’m not sure…
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Enjoying Troy… New York
Midway through my lease last year, I would tell everyone who asked where I lived, “But I want to move to downtown Troy!” I remember when I first looked in the area, moving to the Capital Region, the apartment complexes I looked at in Troy were in rougher neighborhoods, but I didn’t know where to look. Once I was here,…
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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Yeah, I made banana bread, like everyone else in quarantine. My favorite variation, however, is one I was introduced to be my former voice teacher in middle school — chocolate chip banana bread. I’ll admit to my guilt: I’m basically just buying bananas and letting them get too ripe to eat so I can make stuff with them. I’m not…
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Hello, it’s me
As an essential worker in a global pandemic, I don’t exactly have time to start up a blog again, but I figured, why the hell not? If not now, when? I’ve been trying to keep my sanity in my two-floor townhouse in upstate New York, while working a job that makes the reality of living in this weirdness, well…inescapable. I…
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