in recent weeks

*LISTENING TO:
Damien Jurado: Caught in the Trees
She & Him: Volume One
Sun Kil Moon: Ghosts of the Great Highway

*READING:
Lolita:Nabokov
The Sorrows of Young Werther: Goethe
A Confession: Tolstoy

*COOKING: Dutch babies!, pommes frites, onion soup, maultaschen, potato soup.
*BEEN SEEN: AT a party where I knew no one. random. met 5 new friends. will go again. ON the news. the german news, channel eins. it was a book review. 1:25 of german fame.
*COMPLETED: 2 new paintings, handmade recipe book.
*UPDATED: www.flickr.com/rachelsumner
*ENJOYING: ping pong competitions, ticklefests, air guitar, browsing etsy, rohald dahl, grüner tee, new friends, piper sermons, childhood memories, autumn leaves, a house of three languages, scarves and swedish slipper socks, long weekend runs through neighboring forests to find the perfect reading spot, air drums.
*SEARCHING FOR: biological grandparents, a new dress, the perfect gift.
*THINKING ABOUT: the sad decline of (the) america(n) (economy), hopeful candidates, india, unity, age 46, best friends, eloquence, young werther.
*LOOKING FORWARD TO: Bad Cannstatter Volksfest and the giNORMOUS ferris wheel, photography workshop, german lessons, the first lighting of the fireplace, the next soul/funk/oldies night at rocker 33, sigur ros live, aushwitz, german christmas markets, a white christmas, a colorful autumn.