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monthly archives: January 2010

Someone Great

POSTED ON January 31, 2010 BY vanessa

I met my friend Ruth about five years ago — just after I had completed Level 2 Teacher Training.  I had been teaching yoga for just over a year at that point.  I loved it.  I taught whenever I could, … Continue reading →

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A Perfect Day for Bananafish

POSTED ON January 29, 2010 BY vanessa

JD Salinger died yesterday.  And you know what?  I don’t care. I liked JD Salinger.  A lot.  Nine Stories tops the list as my favorite body of short stories.    Franny and Zooey is up there too.  Ahhh, the Glass … Continue reading →

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The year of living dangerously

POSTED ON January 20, 2010 BY vanessa

My friends roped me into invited me to do Artist’s Way.  It’s basically where you write three pages of chicken scratch every morning and you make a date with yourself to do something creative once a week.   The easy thing … Continue reading →

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Professional cynic but my heart’s not in it

POSTED ON January 17, 2010 BY vanessa

Up in the Air… in association with American Airlines Films… in association with Hilton Hotel Productions… in association with Hertz Pictures… Let me say this:  I liked the film.  Now that we have that out of the way, I can … Continue reading →

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Awesome like a kitten

POSTED ON January 6, 2010 BY vanessa

Back in the day when I was doing a lot of travelling for yoga stuff, I assisted my teacher along with this other guy, Philip Urso.  Philip is like a monk in ex-CEO’s clothing.  Philip is rad.  Well, so here … Continue reading →

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Happy Not Naughts

POSTED ON January 4, 2010 BY vanessa

For the new year I decided I’d try and be nicer.  (This is a recurring intention, btw.)  Three days in and things were going well.  I’d already beaten my record from last year.  And then suddenly it all went south:  I sat … Continue reading →

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