Category Archives: Tales of Writing

The Number of Acres

Posted on 27/03/2013 by fishinthewater

As I sat listening, I kept thinking: it never occurred to me to write poetry about this. But how perfect. There is not much that’s more poetic than farming. And I’m not much of a poetry fan- I should mention … Continue reading →

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2012 Reads in Review

Posted on 28/12/2012 by fishinthewater

Hello, blog. I’m still not sure I’m going to start blogging again. I go back and forth. But, because I’ve been keeping the list, I’m going to post it. I read a lot more this year than I have read … Continue reading →

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Am I a Food Blogger?

Posted on 20/06/2012 by fishinthewater

Eat the Love: You Know You’re a Food Blogger if… Look, I’m breaking my own rules twice in one week and posting some links. Damn. But one of my fellow bloggers posted this link and I of course had to … Continue reading →

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Books of 2011

Posted on 28/12/2011 by fishinthewater

So I said this last year: Each year the list of books I’ve actually finished gets pathetically smaller. Or perhaps it is that my list making skills get progressively worse. But I don’t think there’s any accounting for it- I … Continue reading →

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Food Love Life Soup

Posted on 24/01/2011 by fishinthewater

I’ve been trying to answer the question “why food” for some time now. As in, why am I obsessed with food? Why am I spending an awful lot of time writing a blog devoted entirely to food and the growing … Continue reading →

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Books of 2010

Posted on 31/12/2010 by fishinthewater

As I was reading last night (which is in itself a shock these days), I couldn’t help remembering how my mom and I used to lay together in her bed and read, and I would look over her shoulder and … Continue reading →

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Welcome!

Posted on 19/12/2010 by fishinthewater

To the new site! I had to get off wordpress.com at some point- it is rather limited in its scope, due to the fact that it’s free. And so here I am, paying an annual fee for server space, and … Continue reading →

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By the way… (updated: more on S.510)

Posted on 22/11/2010 by fishinthewater

I’ve now been blogging here for over a year! My anniversary was officially November 11, but I completely forgot until I remembered that I posted about Thanksgiving last year right after starting. So one year, 252 posts. Now if only … Continue reading →

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Ye Old Graduation Speech

Posted on 13/09/2010 by fishinthewater

I finally discovered my valedictorian speech from high school graduation. I don’t appear to have a soft copy of it anywhere, but I found the original print out stashed in the holder we got at graduation for our diplomas. It … Continue reading →

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Thank you, AP English

Posted on 26/08/2010 by fishinthewater

So I originally started this blog thinking, oh great, I will have a chance to write at least a little each day. Because, after all, I am a writer, and it is sad and pathetic that the twenty million other … Continue reading →

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