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All is well in frigid Williamstown! I've full...
February 28, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 All is well in frigid Williamstown! I've fully moved in to 45 Hall St, and while my room is smaller than any Smith dorm room and the apartment is as big as my attic room in high school, my flat mates more than make up for the place's petite size. Purdy, the volunteer firefighter and recorder for the blind and dyslexic, has infinitely helpful roomie skills- carpentry skills, lifting skills, and the skill of having a truck, which runs on vegetable oil! Janet is quiet but wonderfully generous. It's not quite like having Anna around, but there's always something interesting to come home to.
And Anna loves her new job! She feels valued and important and supported in new challenges, which is great to hear. She also loves living with her aunt, uncle, and two cousins. I love living vicariously through their urban antics. These are her feet and some cloudless perfect view. Very San Francisco.
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Sam's still working on drawing? Awesome! I ch...
February 22, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
Sam's still working on drawing? Awesome! I checked out some local continuing ed courses, and I bet he could take drawing at LCC. Most of the classes are from 7-9pm, which may be a little late for a six year-old, and you and Jamie will have to have that "nudity as art" discussion if he takes a live model course, but I say it's never too early to start drawing from life. Either that or you could sneak him into a gentleman's club. Though the models don't keep still for very long. But seriously folks, life drawing changed my life, and certainly my appreciation of the female form.
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Now that Anna has left for Detroit en-route t...
February 21, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 Now that Anna has left for Detroit en-route to San Francisco, I have all the time in the world to commit to my job. I was at a meeting until 10:30 last night and then got into work an hour before the rest of the office to get out some fliers for a children's hurricane relief party. My friends are also doing their best to keep me busy with various cultural endeavors, though I don't think I can stand to see another Dukes of Hazard rerun.
This is a picture from the website Found- I believe it was found on a playground. If you can't read it, it says "Crossing the Delaware/ Snakes/ Wolves/Space/The Century." Obviously the beginning of one awesome story.
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Anna and I just got our Valentine's day/4th y...
February 16, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 Anna and I just got our Valentine's day/4th year anniversary presents in the mail today: Anna's delicious fair trade chocolate for me, and two matching pairs of chocolate brown low top sweatshop-free sneakers. We're enjoying some bizarrely wonderful springlike weather. It's lovely.
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Oh, Seraph! I'm sorry you're feeling overwhelmed
February 15, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 Oh, Seraph! I'm sorry you're feeling overwhelmed. Maybe you can find something in the Whitaker neighborhood, so when I finally convince Anna that Eugene is the best place in the world, we'll knock off your next door neighbor and make that bridge we always dreamed of.
I'm afraid that I was sick through Valentine's Day, but Anna and I had our favorite person, Annamo, visit and make us a delicious dinner. Anna is saying her final goodbyes to Northampton and its lovely citizens today, and is flying west on Monday.
WCFM, the radio station I'm a dj for, now archives its shows, so you'll be able to listen to me online! www.wcfm.williams.edu.
I had lunch with Danny Siegel, who founded the Ziv Tzedakah Fund- its all about Mitzvahs- fixing the world- with small projects. I think that's all nice and good, as long as charity and community-building don't obscure people's entitlement to fair wages, health care, education, and social security. As exciting as giving part of your Shabbat dinner to the poor, paying taxes and supporting workers gives people the dignity and income to buy their own Shabbat dinner. But I obviously couldn't say this to a revered figure while he was endowing us with his stories of Mitzvah heroes. I had to send emails to my own Mitzvah heroes. Ack, I'm already missing the students I work with, and I have four more months with them!
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Anna and I are in New York with her brother Noah
February 11, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 Anna and I are in New York with her brother Noah. We get to see Marshall this evening! As nice as vacations may be, we've had a little too much adventure for our country-bumpkin taste. We popped a tire in a pothole last night in the Bronx, were nearly conned out of a load of cash from a freelance tow truck impersonating our AAA service, and spent today getting a new tire. I can only hope that we don't get smashed by the blizzard on the way home. Whew! We can only hope that San Francisco is a bit warmer and friendlier.
I'm so glad grandpa is safe in PA. Huge hugs!
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I'm so glad you and Sam like the Spiderwick C...
February 08, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 I'm so glad you and Sam like the Spiderwick Chronicles! Squee! The artist is from Amherst, and would always come in to Essentials and sign our store copies of the series. I think the tale is classic and the drawings burst with energy.
Safe journey to mum and grandpa!
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This morning it finally hit that Anna will be...
February 07, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
This morning it finally hit that Anna will be leaving in a week and a half. We have to throw out or move most of our belongings in a week and a half! All of our friends are coming to claim our furniture and oddities for their own at the end of the week and hopefully the rest can be donated away. I'm moving into a tiny bedroom in a second floor apartment about the size of my high school bedroom, but with two other people. It should be an exciting change- discarding the inessential and living as most recent college grads do. I don't plan to eat on paper plates for the next five months, though.
The new semester is speeding past, and tutor placement is consuming my brain. Actually, a big clump of my brain just came off- either that or my scalp is dry. I hope everyone is getting excited for candy hearts and frilly things!
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Anna and I are in the kitchen and I am warmin...
February 02, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
Anna and I are in the kitchen and I am warming my bum on the oven, as we have turned off our heat because it was so warm today. Oh how the night spites us. Anna is spending her days tying up loose ends and bothering me at work, which has finally gotten busy since my colleagues have returned. I found a new apartment with two very special people to share it with, and it's even in the same neighborhood. I'm dreaming of sitting on my porch this summer, eating ice cream and chatting with my neighbors about revolution and the Steeplecats baseball game. I'm moving from Linden Street to Hall Street at the end of the month.
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