Day 22: Today, I grilled indoors

Day 22: Today, I grilled indoors, originally uploaded by hambox. The Palms Restaurant, Carpinteria, California. “TODAY, I ___” project with Ã…sta. One picture a day for August, foto/photo group

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Day 21: Today, I worried but not enough to do anything about it

Day 21: Today, I worried but not enough to do anything about it, originally uploaded by hambox. A hissing, freezing, leaking nitrogen tank. Troubling enough to pause, take a picture, then get the hell upstairs to my office. “TODAY, I ___” project with Ã…sta. One picture a day for August, foto/photo group

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Day 20: Today, I drank coffee

Day 20: Today, I drank coffee, originally uploaded by hambox. “TODAY, I ___” project with Ã…sta. One picture a day for August, foto/photo group This is my mug that I keep at work. Helloooo, eighties! I believe it’s what’s called, from the olden days, a “commuter mug”. It’s triangularly shaped, with a rubberized pad on…

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Day 19: Today, I organized

Day 19: Today, I organized, originally uploaded by hambox. “TODAY, I ___” project with Ã…sta. One picture a day for August, foto/photo group I am grateful to my new favorite Org-Porn* blog, Unclutterer, for planting a seed that came to fruition today: it was a post about organizing one’s fabric stash that spurred me to…

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Day 18: Today, I was crafty

Day 18: Today, I was crafty, originally uploaded by hambox. “TODAY, I ___” project with Ã…sta. One picture a day for August, foto/photo group Update: You can see more pictures of the quilties here Finished two baby blankets today for a pair of impending twins. Glad I have my sewing machine out again! It was…

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Day 17: Today, I ate fast food

Day 17: Today, I ate fast food, originally uploaded by hambox. “TODAY, I ___” project with Ã…sta. One picture a day for August, foto/photo group I cringe a little at the mundanity of my life when documenting it on a daily basis. I do not like fast food, it does not like me. Dyfunctional relationship…

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Day 16: Today, I encountered a lucky sign … or an omen

Day 16: Today, I encountered a lucky sign … or an omen, originally uploaded by hambox. “TODAY, I ___” project with Ã…sta. One picture a day for August, foto/photo group Mom, if you’re watching from heaven, please don’t notice the fact I’m doing 60 while using a camera.

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a little experiment

I have an email that is lurking in my inbox and just the sight of it there gives me mild agita. It’s not a horrible letter, nor earth-shattering news — just a little e-thorn in my i-side. A gnat-sized bête noire. A summer cold. A paper cut. You get the picture. I have decided not…

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Day 15: Today, I enjoyed the sun

Day 15: Today, I enjoyed the sun, by hambox. “TODAY, I ___” project with Ã…sta. One picture a day for August, foto/photo group Halfway through this Picture-A-Day month! Whew.

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Day 14: Today, I lost

Day 14: Today, I lost, originally uploaded by hambox Forgot I had these, unscratched in my purse, till this morning. I felt all lucky, as I bought them the same day I saw the Dodgers. But I was about as lucky as the Dodgers — shut out, denied. I don’t like these things. Scritch-scritch-scritch and…

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