I’m no graphic artist, but the new logo for the newly named Seattle hockey team doesn’t look much like StanLee. This seems problematic as the team is “The Kraken” and StanLee IS the Kraken. My brother said so. When he housesat for us in the Before Times he would text me “Release the Kraken!” when…

“These glasses aren’t real. I just wanted to look smart. And sexy. Like a librarian. A smart, sexy, librarian.” –Me, as the character “Stephanie” in the one-act “The Seven Men of Hanukkah” This weekend I got to say that amazingly appropriate line in a short two-person play that Chad and I performed for a friend’s…

I am currently NOT in training for anything. At least not as a runner. I don’t have any races–virtual or IRL–that I am preparing for. (But yes, I am STILL running. I hope to keep doing so as long as I possibly can and I hope that means I’ll be running yet for many, many…

I will NOT let the mosquitoes thwart me! …Or, maybe I will. Check back in with me at 2:00 a.m. when I’m awake because tonight’s newly acquired bites (4 or 5?) are itching so badly that I can’t sleep. And what noble endeavor are the mosquitoes trying to keep me from accomplishing? Visiting as many…

This post is simply going to be a rant–nothing artistically, philosophically, or spiritually relevant or entertaining about it. Okay, you’ve been warned, so let the ranting commence: The Current radio station should NOT use articles (“a”, “and”, “the”) to alphabetize songs for its A to Z Weekend!! –me, screaming into The Void Now don’t get…

My high school mascot was The Beavers. My hometown summer festival (although I didn’t actually live in “the town” of 1,500 but in the country) was Bean and Bacon Days. Just enjoy both those facts for a moment. I think they tell you a lot about my formative years. During this Fourth of July Season,…

Until last Monday. That’s the first time I ever purchased a tomatillo for home consumption, through Imperfect Foods. It’s not so much that I had a stance against buying tomatillos, but I was never brave enough. I wasn’t really sure what they were. Occassionally I would see them in a grocery store and think, “Ooh,…

It’s Global Beatles Day. That should be more than enough inspiration for a blog post, but all I’ve got is a little anecdote of disappointment. I went to excavate photos of when my friend Jennifer and I did a Beatles tour of Liverpool almost 30 years ago. And I actually found them. Success! But the…

Friday was StanLee B.’s Second Birthday! We think. As he was a rescue dog, we don’t know his birthday for certain. June 19 is the date our vet picked for him based on their best guess. (We don’t think they were trying to honor Juneteenth). The resuce organization that we adopted him from told us…

It’s been 3 months since I started living in lockdown. I gave up a while ago on marking the passage of every week, but it’s hard to ignore this milestone. “Lockdown” is too dramatic of a word for my situation (luckily!). Other common terms– like “quarantine” or “shelter in place”–don’t seem quite right either. I…