A bit ago, I received in the mail a completely unsolicited $25 gift card from West Elm. No strings attached, either: no “off of a $75 purchase,” no “so long as you sell us your first-born child.” No… more →
thunderstorms highly likelymagda wrote 3 months ago: A bit ago, I received in the mail a completely unsolicited $25 gift card from West Elm. No strings … more →
magda wrote 4 months ago: There comes a point in every relationship, I think, where things just become. You’re not just acquai … more →
magda wrote 5 months ago: Not yet. Not today, and probably not tomorrow, but someday soon for sure. The PhD is mine and I am h … more →
magda wrote 5 months ago: Otherwise titled: off the market. Or maybe: can this REALLY be my life!? Oh, love. They say it’ll ha … more →
magda wrote 5 months ago: “I’m staying with some of the bridesmaids,” I told my mom. “Some of them are single, or they aren’t … more →
magda wrote 6 months ago: Sometimes when I sit down and look objectively at the pieces of my life, I have no idea who I am. Wh … more →
magda wrote 6 months ago: There are certain things at which I am exceedingly good. Things like loading paper into tray 2, and … more →
magda wrote 6 months ago: But in case of Armageddon, come to my place; I’ve got a lot of beer. You’d think, coming from my ser … more →
magda wrote 7 months ago: Playing tourist on Saturday morning, I trekked up to Arlington Cemetery—for living here, I swear, I … more →
magda wrote 7 months ago: The sentences of my life this past week have been punctuated by the occasional commas and semi-colon … more →
magda wrote 8 months ago: I bought daffodils this weekend. Real, live daffodils. Flown from Ireland, their tag said, but I d … more →
magda wrote 8 months ago: If you live in a bad manner, you cannot go to Paradise, but rather you will fall into the Hell of ag … more →
magda wrote 8 months ago: It’s 5.30 on Tuesday. It could be sunny, it could be rainy; it could be sleeting snow and skittles, … more →
magda wrote 9 months ago: It was a very American weekend. I filed my taxes. I read the Sunday Post (and I mean the whole Sund … more →
magda wrote 10 months ago: I’d been living here for about six months when somehow, in a period of about three days, I totally s … more →
magda wrote 11 months ago: His name wasn’t George. My master plan was to wait for him to call at 2, answer all innocent-like, … more →
magda wrote 11 months ago: There’s really something to be said for good attention. The attentive kind of attention that doesn’t … more →
magda wrote 11 months ago: It’s been a positively electric day so far. I swear I’ve been sparking off of doorknobs and tea mug … more →
magda wrote 11 months ago: It was a poor decision to dress as a punk rocker today. Before I go much farther, I’ll dispense wit … more →