Comments on: to the center of the city where all roads meet http://mauraweb.com/blog/2008/08/04/to-the-center-of-the-city-where-all-roads-meet/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:02:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: maura http://mauraweb.com/blog/2008/08/04/to-the-center-of-the-city-where-all-roads-meet/#comment-1832 maura Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:54:36 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=288#comment-1832 Lunchtime I think will be the right time for me, too, except on the days that I need to run errands. And my reassigned time (days that I get to spend working on research + publication stuff) kicks in Sept. 1, w00t! Lunchtime I think will be the right time for me, too, except on the days that I need to run errands. And my reassigned time (days that I get to spend working on research + publication stuff) kicks in Sept. 1, w00t!

]]> By: Karen http://mauraweb.com/blog/2008/08/04/to-the-center-of-the-city-where-all-roads-meet/#comment-1830 Karen Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:54:54 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=288#comment-1830 At work, I write while waiting for other people to get back to me. Seriously, they want you to treat it like an emergency, but take their own time to give you feedback on a "rush" job. I also write while eating lunch at my desk. I don't enjoy extreme temperatures, delicate hothouse flower that I am, so this is particularly true in summer and winter. I've also been known to write while sitting in front of the tv. At work, I write while waiting for other people to get back to me. Seriously, they want you to treat it like an emergency, but take their own time to give you feedback on a “rush” job.

I also write while eating lunch at my desk. I don’t enjoy extreme temperatures, delicate hothouse flower that I am, so this is particularly true in summer and winter.

I’ve also been known to write while sitting in front of the tv.

]]> By: maura http://mauraweb.com/blog/2008/08/04/to-the-center-of-the-city-where-all-roads-meet/#comment-1826 maura Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:13:10 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=288#comment-1826 Yeah, I try to do the pretend to go to work thing on Summer Fridays, and that usually works. It's the shoehorning it into the rest of my life that I can't seem to get a grip on. When we go back to non-summer Fridays next week we will go back to 1 hr for lunch, so maybe I will go out + write more @ lunch. Yes, the new Lynda Barry book is great! It's art + stories, very pretty. Ask for it for Xmas (it's just around the corner)! Yeah, I try to do the pretend to go to work thing on Summer Fridays, and that usually works. It’s the shoehorning it into the rest of my life that I can’t seem to get a grip on. When we go back to non-summer Fridays next week we will go back to 1 hr for lunch, so maybe I will go out + write more @ lunch.

Yes, the new Lynda Barry book is great! It’s art + stories, very pretty. Ask for it for Xmas (it’s just around the corner)!

]]> By: Anne http://mauraweb.com/blog/2008/08/04/to-the-center-of-the-city-where-all-roads-meet/#comment-1825 Anne Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:06 +0000 http://mauraweb.com/blog/?p=288#comment-1825 My best days are when I pretend to go to work. I let Ben know ahead of time. Then I pack up everything and run down to the court-o-rama satellite office (cleverly disguised as a coffee shop/chess haven/art gallery) and stay until my batteries run out or until they kick me out or until I feel too guilty to go on. I can usually manage to do this once or twice a month. Have not had a chance to do that in awhile tho because Ben is screening in the back porch, fixing the dining room sunken floor, fixing the back stairs, and getting ready to paint our room. Do you like the new Lynda Barry book? I saw it on her website and thought it looked good. I mean, what doesn't? She's a fellow Corn Palace fan. What's not to like? The thing that made me LOL in the hospital waiting room was the Roz Chast book, can't recall a title, but there was one called Home Economics with old parents who save everything! ("But they're made of *metal*!" = old band-aid boxes!) Life, meet art. My best days are when I pretend to go to work. I let Ben know ahead of time. Then I pack up everything and run down to the court-o-rama satellite office (cleverly disguised as a coffee shop/chess haven/art gallery) and stay until my batteries run out or until they kick me out or until I feel too guilty to go on. I can usually manage to do this once or twice a month.

Have not had a chance to do that in awhile tho because Ben is screening in the back porch, fixing the dining room sunken floor, fixing the back stairs, and getting ready to paint our room.

Do you like the new Lynda Barry book? I saw it on her website and thought it looked good. I mean, what doesn’t? She’s a fellow Corn Palace fan. What’s not to like?

The thing that made me LOL in the hospital waiting room was the Roz Chast book, can’t recall a title, but there was one called Home Economics with old parents who save everything! (”But they’re made of *metal*!” = old band-aid boxes!) Life, meet art.

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