Family hike. We managed 0.8 miles—and our toddler walked almost 3/4 of the full distance! We wrote it down as a success and went to get rooftop margaritas to celebrate. Walks in the park. I’m enjoying long, unhurried walks in the park the past week with my four-month-old. Lots of tree and plant identification going … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (5/29/23)
Tag: Elizabeth Strout
On 7 things from last week (5/22/23)
Paternity leave. I’m looking, as of last Friday, at 10 weeks of no work and lots of hanging out with a 4-month old! Marketing Excellence Awards. I’m humbled, to say the least, to have received the Marketer of the Year award from SMPS Colorado last week. Leaves. It always takes longer in Colorado—but the leaves … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (5/22/23)
On 7 things from last week (3/27/23)
Kirsty MacColl. I wrote yesterday about the thrill of discovering a new artist—this past week it was Kirsty MacColl. From her final album Tropical Brainstorm, stuffed with compelling and never cheesy riffs on Cuban, Mexican, and Brazilian music, to her early singles, like her definitive version of Billy Bragg's "A New England," I was delighted, … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (3/27/23)
On 7 things from last week (3/20/23)
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout. I'm on a tour, I've decided, of Strout's published work—this remains achievable—her total output reached only nine books. The latest I read is The Burgess Boys, a story of sibling dysfunction with the state-of-America political asides and fraught family tensions of a Franzen novel. St. Dominic's Preview (Van Morrison). … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (3/20/23)
On 7 things from last week (2/20/23)
It's been winter (and snowy), so the Ralston Creek Trail that runs behind our house hasn't gotten the use it normally would in warmer weather. So, it was a treat to go for a morning run AND an afternoon stroll out there this past weekend. Like everyone else interested in popular music, I've been listening … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (2/20/23)
Taylor Coe 