in memorial

R, who crashed into the side of a mountain in Albania: I remember you. S, who was set on fire in Lashkar Gah: I remember you. J, who was executed by Talibs in Kandahar: I remember you. R, who was shot through the head on his knees in the Iraqi desert: I remember you. J.B., [...]

in which there are lists, because lists are wonderful

English words that should get more action: tosspot vex pithy doxy whoreson lobbygow bawd troglodyte hirsute gumption speakeasy moxie cull curmudgeon meander lech dawdle bugaboo cur Things that are better than my bed: sex Dipasquale’s sandwiches chocolate tea massages the internet Things I’m grateful for at this exact moment: black IPA beer pumpkin seeds thunderstorms [...]

on winning, and congratulations!

  Congratulations to the lovely Sarah Tuttle, who was the lucky winner of a free digital copy of California Revival Knits, by Stephannie Tallent, from Cooperative Press! To everyone else- thanks so much for being a part of the give- away! I wish you all could have won.

California Revival Knits, and a giveaway!!

Stephannie Tallent‘s new book, California Revival Knits, was released by Cooperative Press last week. Hooray!  It features fourteen different patterns. Each item is based on the architecture and design of the California Revival period in the 1920s.     The book itself is just gorgeous. It begins with a wonderful walk-through of Stephannie’s obsession with [...]

in which I talk about what spring means to me

  This is a scary post for me to write. I am a medical marijuana activist. I haven’t been doing this in the dark, but this year I’m so much more public about my involvement in medical marijuana legislation in my state. I haven’t written about it yet in this blog, for example, but I’ve [...]

on limits and acceptance

With all of the bedrest I have had lately, I’ve spent a lot of time sitting and thinking. A few of the things I have realized: 1.   I am not good at accepting my limitations. This relapse was almost guaranteed, I think. I could see its beginnings right after the fire: the stress of the [...]

on infusions

This is not an easy entry for me to write. On the 27th of January I called my neurologist. I’d been sick, secretly sick, sneakily sick, doing That Thing I Do, where I hide all of my symptoms as though they are some Top Secret government project. I am good at secrets. I’d been losing [...]

from the window of my office in the studio

That’s all.

in which there is something like resolve

  Resolutions are bullshit. Okay, maybe they work for you, but they only half- work for me. Every year, my Resolution Number One is “Don’t Die” and so far I am acing that. But when it comes to going to the gym four times a week, swearing less, taking underwater ballistic ballroom basket- weaving lessons [...]

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