Well earned fast food after an exhausting hike.

Backdated entry from December 26:

Late-night hot-tub adventure with a friend.

Backdated entry from Decenber 24-25th:

Family.

Backdated entry from December 16:

Soaking up the SoCal sun.

Backdated entry from December 14:

Nap-time with Fantasia, just like when I was a kid.

Singin' in the rain.

Watching a favorite movie, with tea and good company.

Studying and watching the snow fall from a well-windowed vantage point.

Nom nom nom with quasi-family.

Calmly, purposefully losing a staring contest with a herd of deer on a cold autumn evening.

Sleeping in on a slow, rainy morning.

Well earned physical exhaustion (as acquired by excessive ultimate).

Full.

The smell of oranges on a lazy morning brings back memories of AYSO soccer as a kid. Mmm orange slices and Capri Sun!

The steamy scent of hot tea on a dark, rainy morning.

Backdated entry from October 30:
Laughing heartily with 200,000 like-minded persons.

Cooking and then eating a great meal with Jenni, while listening to Pandora.

Reading a new book, back against a tree, looking out upon a field of windswept grass.

Listening to Garrison Keillor on The Writer's Almanac.

Watching Glee.

Getting sh*t done.

Arugula salad-topped homemade white sauce pizza, Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper, thinking about education reform while listening to music.

The blues in a late dusk sky.

Listening to Garrison Keillor on The Writer's Almanac.

Calm and crisp wind at dusk.

Watched Les Choristes and reminisced on childhood daydreams.

Acting like we know what we're cooking, while listening to the Beatles after watching The Social Network.

The smell of autumn.

Big band music on Pandora.

A rainy morning spent reading War and Peace, with my blanket and a cup of hot chocolate.

Backdated entry from September 27:
Dinner at Madeline's with Sam and Jenni. Gorgonzola-stuffed pork chop, garlic mashed potatoes, and a glass of local Gewürztraminer. Beautiful paintings by a local artist.

Backdated entry from September 23:
Homemade dinner (w/ homemade tomato sauce) and a long-awaited glass of a 2005 Firestone Merlot that followed me 2500 miles from CA.

Backdated entry from September 23:
Super-spicy jalapeño-flavored kettle-cooked chips.