Given the quality of most TV shows these days, I’m not sure Hollywood writers deserve more money. Ha ha. Just kidding. Here’s an interesting little video from the excellent writers of The Office about the writer’s strike. Hey I’m sympathetic.…
Check out my new article in the Pacific Sun on Coast Miwok death ceremonies: When a person died in a Coast Miwok village, everything went quiet. People spoke in whispers and moved gently, hushing their children and cringing at every…
My book review on I Heart My In-Laws by Dina Koutas Poch is up on PopMatters. When I read I Heart My In-Laws by Dina Koutas Poch, I was a little worried that my mother-in-law would see the book lying…
Ever since I was a little girl, I have called the phone company to get the correct time — SOS-8900. I just did it, and a recorded voice informed me that they are discontinuing the service. This is making me…
Any day you climb a mountain is a good one. We stayed in Boulder for two days before driving practically straight home. On the first day, we went around the town, which reminded me of a prettier, more interesting Eugene,…
We spent several restful days in Louisville visiting friends and family and touring the Locust Grove mansion, which is a three-story colonial mansion where revolutionary war hero George Rogers Clark lived. I learned that the reason we use the word…
The Mississippi Delta was shining Like a national guitar (Pool in the hotel) I am following the river Down the highway Through the cradle of the civil war, I’m going to Graceland Graceland In Memphis Tennessee (Beale Street in downtown…
When you read a lot, certain places can become somewhat mythical in your mind. Years later when you finally go to these places in real life, they either delight you by exceeding your expectations or disappoint you by being far…
Quick Facts: Miles traveled: 70 Hotel: Richelieu Hotel in the French District of New Orleans Gas prices in the last four states: Roughly $2.89 Landscapes: Spindly trees and swamps, yet somehow still pretty Disappointments: Not getting to go on a…
I wanted to go to Austin because of Reality Bites. I loved that movie in high school–Winona Ryder smoking cigarettes in her Austin apartment, hanging out with her cool friends, dealing with crisis of conscience like should she date Michael,…