Author Archives: bekyalbert

the most beautiful day.

January 7, 2010 – 2:59 pm

I am endlessly grateful for this day.  There is this “snowstorm” thing in Chicago today, and everything is SNOW SNOW SNOW.  In all directions.  The streets, the cars, the trees, the sky, my eyes are snow snow snow.  I feel happy and excited and alive to be in this wonderland of snow.
This morning, I walked [...]

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it’s not a competition, and…

November 12, 2009 – 4:46 pm

the little cookie.  with the big bite!  woot!
on Tuesday, Daniel and I sat in boocoo all afternoon, getting totally hopped on coffee (they serve Just Coffee), and eating these little homemade chocolate chip cookies that sell for 50₡.  And later I was thinking how good, meaning absolutely delicious, I found the two little cookies I [...]

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cultivating peacefulness. doing less is doing more.

November 10, 2009 – 3:01 pm

I simultaneously understand and do not understand the value of what I will call “usefulness.”  The past few days I have been cultivating “peacefulness” and “pleasure” in my life.  outside of usefulness.  beyond usefulness in a capitalist fashion.  peacefulness and pleasure is, in my perception, useful in abundant ways, to my spirit and my mind [...]

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post after a while.

November 5, 2009 – 2:50 pm

I am reading this book, NOURISHING TRADITIONS, these days.  learning about lacto-fermentation, and animal fats.  Thinking my knee wouldn’t get stiff if I had more raw milk in my life.  This morning I think I baked one of the delicious soda breads of my life, and I blame it on lacto-fermentation, although it could be [...]

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fall-ing

September 24, 2009 – 5:43 pm

It is September now in the suburbs of Chicago.  Autumn has arrived, slash was it every really summer, slash autumn usurped the summer and continues now in the suburbs of Chicago in September.
And with winter approaching, I feel excited when I imagine my life as a bipedal.  I have intentions (that may or may not [...]

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news jersey

August 11, 2009 – 7:25 am

I’ve got lots of blogging to do.  I wanted to write about the half marathon we ran…the blissy-bliss half-marathon we ran.  The half-marathon where we ran and I felt so excited and I smiled the whole time and hooted and cheered, the half-marathon where I ran farther than I’ve ever run so far and my [...]

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*smiles*

July 19, 2009 – 8:32 pm

There is breath in me.  a contentment.  a freedom!
We have moved out.  into our own place.  I do not need to rely on anyone else for transportation anymore.  just me and mi bici.  just me and mis patas.  sigh.  I sigh.
oh glorious world and life.
so much to say.  so little say.  We are going to [...]

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tunacan cut suture sealed

May 16, 2009 – 9:57 am

wounded.  I have this wound on my hand.  Yesterday morning around 5:30 a.m., I sliced my right hand just below my pinky on the lid of a can of tuna.
The great blessings that are my friends came into work early, as well as drove me to the hospital, where my wound was cleaned/sanitized, numbed (although [...]

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piggly wiggly

May 1, 2009 – 7:51 am

I am feeling fearful of swine flu.  In my life, I don’t have memories of other virus ‘pandemics;’ it seems dire to me.  Working at the Unicorn and riding public transport may or may not raise my risk since I do interact with many many people per day and deal with their dirty dishes.  We [...]

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rain rain rain

April 26, 2009 – 3:38 pm

today daniel, the doggies and I were drenched in the rain…twice!  oh storms storms.  The dogs are scared of the storms and shiver and pace and pant at the thunder crashes or lurking clouds.
We are back at page one.  Not fully at page one because we have had all sorts of experiences since page one [...]

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