in my cd player... Ivy Long Distance   on the page... Natalie Goldberg Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within Last minute inspiration.   smelling... burning pumpkin   atop my head... a tangled mess of unwashed curls   a tentative title... The Bachelor's Bathtub   into... 2 straight hours of buffy every weeknight; instant oatmeal; West Wing Wednesday; micromovements; my new mosaic cafe table and chairs; anticipating; productive client meetings; the gym; "One More Last Kiss"   my new favorite brunch spot... Cashion's Eat Place   a great way to spend a Sunday... Last Sunday was Howard-day. We brunched, shopped, flea market-ed, Social Safeway-ed; pumpkin ice cream-ed, tea-ed, and dined on Chinese with David and his friends Steve and Tim. An excellent spontaneous day that I'm treasuring more and more as my week picks up speed.   the final scores... trivial pursuit - mom: 2, kristen: 0   yahtzee - mom: 4, kristen: 0   500 - mom: 1, kristen: 0   dominoes - mom: 0, kristen: 1   scrabble - mom: 0, kristen: 1