Author Archives: Leah Noble

“but what she really likes to do is write”

Posted on September 2, 2013

It’s funny how life goes. How things happen, and when we’re in the moment they don’t seem like much, but then they take on significance after the fact. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about something that happened earlier this … Continue reading →

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fifty percent

Posted on August 30, 2013

  Well here goes nothin! My friend Alicia is on her third year of eating 100% local for the month of September. This year a bunch of people have pledged to join her in eating 50% local. Including me. Yikes! … Continue reading →

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englishtown

Posted on August 29, 2013

  Good things: kittens friends bare feet in grass beautiful light swimming in the ocean impending rain old apple trees fresh berries staining my hands

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things i failed at this summer

Posted on August 28, 2013

Gardening. Riding my bike. Keeping my office tidy. (I’m not worried about these things, to be honest. It’s just kind of funny. I guess no matter what, something’s always going to slip by the wayside!)

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you win some, you lose some

Posted on August 27, 2013

The other day, a customer and I were chatting. He sells bread at various farmer’s markets and was remarking on how his sales were down this year over the last couple of years. “Oh, that’s too bad,” I said. “What … Continue reading →

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in praise of things that are free

Posted on August 26, 2013

It was a good weekend. I hadn’t had a Sunday off from work (and not been travelling) in a couple of months. It was a “real” weekend and it was glorious. Friday I had the day off, and that morning … Continue reading →

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getting out and about

Posted on August 23, 2013

Two days ago, at work, Flossie messaged me in MMS (that’s the computer system that’s on her computer upstairs and the front desk computer too, and that we all have profiles in, and use to send each other messages) to … Continue reading →

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