Nathalie's Notestag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-2053942013-05-07T07:29:00-07:00taking notes: a journalist's diaryTypePadWhen God gets in my grilltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef017eeae2cb8f970d2013-05-07T07:29:00-07:002013-05-07T07:29:00-07:00“Don’t let perfection be the enemy of the good.” - Voltaire God’s been all up in my grill with flashing this particular quote at me in all kinds of ways. And, then because practice makes perfect good, I’m getting lots...NathaliesNotesWelcome Back, word counttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef017d42a8a533970c2013-04-09T10:40:55-07:002013-04-09T10:40:55-07:00Weekend word count: 5,410 Although I write every day for a living since I got my reporting job, I haven’t been moving forward in my fiction projects. Until last week when I jumped in to take a class from my...NathaliesNotesCurrentlytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef017c3811be02970b2013-03-24T09:45:25-07:002013-03-24T09:57:22-07:00At this moment I am … drinking the last of my leftover white chocolate peppermint soy mocha from yesterday. appreciating Sunday morning. watching Matt try to get a car unstuck for Jake for the 100th time. laughing at the memories...NathaliesNotesGeeking outtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef017d41b778e2970c2013-03-10T23:00:22-07:002013-03-10T23:00:22-07:00“Really? You’re taking a class on how to organize your pictures?” Asked the imaginary voices in my head when I consider what The Random Others might think. Mmmhmmm. And I am loving every minute of it. Of course, it’s not...NathaliesNotesNathalies Notes on kid foodtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef017c3721bd6e970b2013-02-27T10:03:45-08:002013-02-27T10:31:32-08:00As the calendar turned to the end of the month I realized my Raising the Hardy Boys column was due again and that means I’m really late in posting February’s column about my beef with the entire notion of “kid...NathaliesNotesOverheard by Reporter Mamatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef017ee7b8346f970d2013-01-20T22:29:01-08:002013-01-20T22:32:28-08:00Reporter Mama Observation: This work thing is time consuming! But, I’ve been writing draft posts … not to mention the collection in my head so hopefully one of these days I’ll get caught up on them. In the meantime, here...NathaliesNotesLessons from Lucy Babytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef017ee5d009d3970d2012-12-01T13:38:33-08:002012-12-01T13:38:33-08:00As I was on deadline for another column I couldn’t believe I haven’t told you guys yet about my Lucy Baby. It doesn’t feel like a month ago that she died. My sweet, crazy pup. I still cringe pulling into...NathaliesNotesgood intentionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef017d3d3536e9970c2012-11-02T07:13:40-07:002012-11-02T07:19:35-07:00So, part of overcoming challenges is recognizing you have them, right? And, naturally some are tougher than others. For instance, me vs. food is kind of a pickle … but when it comes to writing it recently occurred to me...NathaliesNotesNot like the picturetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef017c32b6d03b970b2012-10-22T06:53:50-07:002012-10-22T07:01:35-07:00I found another entry for my kitchen memoir Not like the Picture this weekend. I am working on a personal life improvement project. One of the concepts I’m working with is how to stop complaining about the everyday things that...NathaliesNotesIntersectiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef017ee4390043970d2012-10-17T00:07:11-07:002012-10-22T07:11:37-07:00Meeting Baby Alex … too late. Note: This is not my son, but it could’ve been. Monday was one of those perfect fall days. I'd stopped on my way home to catch a candid picture of one of the candidate's...NathaliesNotes