Things Going On Right Now
What’s going on with you? Here’s some things going on with me: I’m harvesting hops. I have at least 15 ounces of Cascade and Sterling hops from the garden. Kyle is going to make a beer with them. I’m sewing…
Book Review: Felicia Day’s Memoir
I reviewed Felicia Day’s memoir You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)for KQED, including thoughts on GamerGate. READ IT HERE.
Swimming In Produce
I saw this gorgeous garden at a winery. I want my yard to look like that. I’m regarding 2015 as a difficult gardening year. Sow bugs are devouring the roots of my plants and slowing my yield. I’m not getting…
Articles: L. Frank Baum, Horton Hears A Who, And Jack London
Here’s a few recent articles: 13 Facts About L. Frank Baum’s ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ L. Frank Baum was a fascinating person. I had no idea. He was a chicken farmer and a traveling salesman and went around the country…
I Love Manzanita Trees
Marcia and I went on a hike and I remembered how much I love manzanita trees. From far away, manzanitas are all scraggly and ancient and gnarled looking. They look like they belong in a Van Gogh painting. Up close,…
Article: Great Expectations in Mental Floss
Did you catch my most recent article in Mental Floss? It’s 11 Dickensian Facts About ‘Great Expectations’. Did you know Estella may have been based on Charles Dickens’s mistress? Also, remember the 1998 movie version with Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan…
Coast Trip 2015
Last month, we rented a cabin on a bluff overlooking the California coast. It was a great four days. We played banjo and card games and took walks and roasted hot dogs over an open fire. There was even a…
Hello and Some Facts
I’ve decided to make updating this blog more of a priority, for now at least. Old-fashioned-bullet-update-go! * We took a four-day, much-needed vacation in a cabin on the coast. Pictures soon. * Kyle is writing a book. I am writing…
Article: 14 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Sound of Music’
Did you know that The Sound of Music turned 50 years old this year? I recently re-watched it for my Mental Floss article 14 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Sound of Music’. Now I really want to go…
Article: Luther Burbank Experiment Farm In Via
Want to learn about the white blackberry, the spineless cactus, or the trifoliate orange? Consider taking a trip to the Luther Burbank Experiment Farm, which I wrote about for Via Magazine.