Archive for 2007
feeling needy
I’ve seen this idea floating around the blogosphere for a while, but now that my good friend goodthomas has done it, I want to play too.
Here is some old-fashioned, Google-driven fun that entails typing your name and the word “needs” in quotes into the search engine feature. So, for example, I typed in “michelle needs,” being that “sognatrice needs” wasn’t going to get me very far.
Here are my 10 favorite results followed by my comments in brackets:
(1) michelle needs a family that will be patient, consistent, kind, loving [yes, yes I do; thank you for taking my needs into consideration]
(2) michelle needs to exercise her right to shut the f**k up [ouch, *somebody* needs anger management]
(3) michelle needs to move on with someone else since Tony’s no longer around [so long sucker!]
(4) michelle needs to just shut up [all right already!]
(5) michelle needs money so she can travel to Canada and the US to meet bloggers [well I don’t know if I would’ve phrased it that way, but sure, I’ll accept donations for an international blog tour, and I’d even make time for my patient, consistent, kind, loving family]
(6) michelle needs to come out and be our studio manager [not such a good idea since I don’t even know what that is]
(7) michelle needs help (no, literally) [as opposed to the figurative help I’m always whining about]
(8) michelle needs to clear and vacuum her cluttered bedroom [get out of my house freak!]
(9) michelle needs your votes now! [yeah! free espresso for all!]
(10) michelle needs to stop the madness and eat a hamburger or something [if you insist]
If you decide to do this, come back here and put up your link in the comments; and for anyone who doesn’t have a blog, feel free to paste the results right in a comment.
Buon weekend a tutti!
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[tags]memes[/tags]
love thursday: chased by a cloud
The other day while out walking with Luna on a gorgeous clear morning, I noticed that the cacti are starting to bloom flowers, soon to be followed by the delicious fichi d’india, or prickly pears.
So of course I took a photo.
Only after I uploaded it did I notice that a heart-shaped cloud had snuck into the shot.
Clouds of love are chasing me. How lucky am I?
Happy Love Thursday* everyone!
*Note that the founders of “Love Thursday” have decided to stop updating the Love is All Around site. Thank you, Karen and Irene, for reminding us all to pay attention to simple expressions of love in our daily lives.
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[tags]love thursday, clouds, heart clouds, flowers, cacti, prickly pears, fichi d’india[/tags]
What’s Cooking Wednesday: Refreshing Summer Pasta Salad
And please, please, please resist the temptation to use Italian dressing; all you need is some good olive oil, oregano/basil, and salt, and you’re good to go. And I promise it’s even tastier.
Read on...may musings
It’s about time to think about the month of May and what it means to me; I’m going back to the haiku form that I first used for March:
As your name suggests
Possibilities abound
Nothing definite.
Better, worse, the same?
Your warm optimism taunts
One way to find out.
This is part of my Monthly Musings series. Also be sure to check out Cheeky’s May reflections.
If you’d like to join, scribble something about May and send me a link.
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[tags]may, poetry, haiku[/tags]
no parking (plus a poppy)
This is a sign in the corner of the small piazza near my house.
For those who don’t know, these two, taken together mean “No parking in the entire sqaure.”
There didn’t use to be the additional “per tutta la piazza” language below the main sign, but it was added because some crafty parkers argued that, well, they weren’t parked right below the sign, so they weren’t in violation of anything.
Glad we got that cleared up.
Bonus! Here’s a poppy just because.
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[tags]no parking, poppies, flowers[/tags]
Michelle Kaminsky is an American attorney-turned-freelance writer who lived in her family's ancestral village in Calabria, Italy for 15 years. This blog is now archived.
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