Monday, October 28, 2013

Music Mondays: Stop, breathe, reset.

I woke up to a jackhammer annihilating the pavement in front of my house this morning at 7:30. Since today was the day I gave myself to sleep in, you may go ahead and safely assume that I was not exactly thrilled about this aggressive wake-up call. Now, when I say "sleep in" I mean until around 8am but still, that half hour is crucial! Anyway, my annoyance was only momentary because really, what could I do about it? I was now awake and the work outside did not appear to be stopping anytime soon. So I dragged myself out of bed and into my workout...

Monday, October 21, 2013

Music Mondays: Paper pusher's playlist

I'm not usually the kind of person who's like, "Ugh. Mondays." But today has been one of those Mondays. You know the ones - the hit snooze two (okay, three) times, forget to do one stupid thing and it puts you a half hour behind schedule, spill your latte, forget to pack a drink with your lunch, drive around the God-forsaken parking garage-turned-death-trap because no one uses turn signals for literally 15 minutes until you find a spot, then walk into work and get handed this:&nbs...

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Nothing but time.

The moment I jumped off the tractor the sticky-sweet vapors of Suncrisp, Macintosh, and Granny Smith wafted through my body as I instinctively closed my eyes, and took a slow, deep breath, turning my face toward the blazing autumn sun. Without even deliberately trying I was stopped short by the beauty of my surroundings. As my boots left behind the ethereal dust cloud that formed when I hit the dry, dirt ground, I looked around and realized that upon first glance there was nothing particularly astounding about where I was....