Category — personal life

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dining rm/office

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We’re moving. After nearly 10 yrs in one house. We weren’t necessarily planning to do this. I have been wanting to move for quite some time. We live in a suburb and I’m just not a suburb type person. So we’d been looking casually for maybe 3 years. (!!)

I was hoping for something more citified. A loft perhaps. Situated in a place that had a sense of community. Bohemian-y. Nothing trendy or glam.

Everything we looked at was either too small, too expensive, or too cheesy. Then I stumbled upon this 2200 sq ft loft in our price range in a converted factory building that had once been restricted to artists. The building has its own gallery and seems to still have a large population of painters and photographers. There are 155 units in two buildings with a beautiful courtyard in between. Our unit opens on to the courtyard and is situated in a single-story ell–so there is no unit above and there are giant skylights.

We made an offer. They said yes. We said, wha?! There had been no expectation they would accept it but they did and here we go.

Big renovation plans: taking down walls, new kitchen, floors, etc.

Big money terrors.

Big, rough marital terrain.

Bring it on.

Pictures here.

Makes me inordinately happy. Will return to posting more deeply meaningful things soon… Once I get that new rug…

Office redecoration underway. This weekend, I repainted. Should be done by tonight. To egg me on, Duncan cooked an amazing dinner last night: corn, tomato, parsley salad &  scallops in coconut milk with pineapple, scallions, and red chiles. For dessert, caramelized bananas. Unbelievable.

How was my week? I’ll tell you how my week was. Look at my office. Look at it!! Does this look like the space of a super on top of things person??

Starting to paint and redecorate office this weekend. Very exciting. Going with Benjamin Moore “Clear Skies.” Cheers to the whole concept of clear skies.

I have so much faith in change to reinvigorate and inspire. I really do. This is a chance to start fresh in all things work-related. Which is basically almost everything.

Been away for 2 weeks and looking forward to getting back to blogging (more). Book tour is actually starting to come together. Have an interview today with Body & Soul for possible Jan/Feb piece about the new book. Going to give 3 talks pre-publication in Austin (Oct 16), San Francisco (Oct 20), and Boulder (Oct 22).  I’m getting excited and nervous.

But first, some humor. The Kanye West apology generator is pretty awesome.

And some pics from vacation in Maine! Which was heavenly.

Harbor near the house

Acadia State Park

Young Duncan on porch

Hike up to top of Blue Hill

Evening light

Dinner table

The Duncans

With completely redoing my office. It’s a small room and it’s driving me crazy. I’m pining for elegance, order, and total upliftedness.

Here is what I have:

Here is what I long for:

This would be OK too:

Or this:

Nothing wrong with this:

This is how fun…

My 6-year old neice explains advances in modern dentistry.