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A Sunday Stroll

On Thursday afternoon, the wind shifted, the air became crisp and dusk arrived a little earlier than it had the night before and, just like that, summer gave way to autumn. Being my favorite season, I bid summer a perfunctory adieu reached for my cashmere, sipped an apple cider at the farmer's market and started planning a trip to the Catskills, but before I cruise up to the mountains, I decided to enjoy the begining of fall in the New Yorker's version of nature.

bouncy street performers

a man playing the accordion, sitting on a vintage suitcase while shaking a tambourine affixed to his foot

view of the west side from the lake

77th Street Entrance to the Museum of Natural History

On My Mind This Monday Morning

• i love gray days

• I went one week without coffee. I want coffee

• surprised: sent out 4 networking emails yesterday and the only person to reply so far was the person I thought least likely to respond

• dress for the wedding

• should I be worried that Bachmann won Ames Straw Poll?

• exercise

• what is Bank of America trading at?

• the clean apartment is calming me

• I really hope my Boston apartment sells quickly

• "live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way in to the answer"

• where am i going to live in San Francisco

• need to learn key phrases in Turkish and Hebrew for winter vacation to Istanbul and Tel Aviv

• I wish I could attend SOCAP conference in SF

• I don't know my blood type, is that normal?

• i worry the biggest motivator in my life is my fear of disappointing people

photo: atlantic-pacific.com

The Mean Reds

My future and the future of the country feel like they are at the climax of a movie whose genre is yet to be determined- horror, comedy, drama or thriller. The climax is only exhilarating for so long and quickly becomes unsettling and exhausting because so much hangs in the balance. I try to remind myself that life is all about the journey and that every obstacle and curve ball is just another opportunity to laugh, grow and learn, but today I can't get my cheeks to smile and everything just feels scary and overwhelming.