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My Ordinary Day: Andrew Hunter III
Friday, October 2, 2009
I habitually set my alarm far earlier than I need to…I tend to go through about 5 snooze cycles before I finally make my way to the bathroom to brush my teeth. Up and out, I head to class for a few hours. Current circumstances dictate that my ride for the day could either have [...]
Joanne Weiss’s Ordinary Day
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Joanne (Shutt) Weiss – age 64
Barbara is asking us to write about a “good ordinary day” and then share it … I just read hers….and then Ben’s… & I decided that I don’t have good ordinary days right now….. Mine are boring and full of junk trivia…. So I’ll make one up…( with only [...]
Linda Salmon’s Ordinary Day
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Linda Salmon’s Ordinary Good Day, written Nov 3, 2008, age 72
Many things have changed since 1990 [when the first Ordinary Day book was compiled], especially 7 more grandchildren, since Torrey was born in 1989, but some things are much the same.
I still get up about 7:00 AM and have an English muffin and cottage cheese [...]
Peter Salmon’s Ordinary Day
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Peter Salmon’s Ordinary Day, age 73
I’ll skip the English muffins and get right to the point. My ordinary good says are actually fairly extraordinary (ie rare), but since you coined the term I’m always aware of them when they happen.
They include a few elements. One is some significant amount of time doing creative work. It’s [...]
Cori Beckwith’s Ordinary Day
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
My typical day – Cori Beckwith, age 44
I don’t have very typical days as I switch from “work days” to home days. But I will pick an interesting day.
On Wednesdays, I get up at 4:45am to join my friends for a run up to the water tower in Arlington Heights. Its a beautiful Boston view [...]
Benjamin Beckwith’s Ordinary Day
Monday, December 22, 2008
Benjamin (Ben) Beckwith, at age 47
My Typical Day:
I usually wake up somewhere between 6 and 7am. There are three things I try to fit into the morning first:
1) A 10 minute meditation
2) A run (and walks with Portia – I walk with her to the park where I do a 20-25 minute run)
3) My arm [...]
Barbara Beckwith’s Ordinary Day
Monday, December 22, 2008
Barbara (Bobbie Shutt) Beckwith, at age 71
When I tried to write down An Ordinary Good Day, I realized that for me, a good ordinary day would be all of these:
A whole day of writing
I’d meet my writing buddy Susan at a coffee shop and for at least an hour we’d “freewrite” (spur-of-the-moment writing by hand [...]
Your Ordinary Day: A Request
Monday, December 22, 2008
We see each other in Henryville in the summer: let’s stay connected for the rest of the year. In 1995, 40 relatives spanning four generations sent me their “typical good day,” which I collected into a booklet. Torrey Salmon was 5 then: time to do it again! Please write YOUR ordinary day and send it [...]