House Update #2

Last week, we had two big projects around here. One was putting in the tankless water heater, thanks to my wonderful father who came down and taught Kyle how to plumb in three days time. We went from this: To…

Moved In, Now

We’re moved into the house. It took four good friends, two solid days, and lots and lots of boxes, bags, and milk cartons, but here we are. It’s strange to break your life down and move it to a new…

Wood Paneling Is Ugly

Our move-in date is this Saturday. I just keep telling myself that we are almost at the finish line. It will be nice to have ONE home again next week. And a home I own, too. The kind of thing…

Give Those Writers More Money, Already

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.…

Article: The Quiet and The Dead

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…

Lots Going On

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…

Day Sixteen-Seventeen: Boulder

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,…

Day Thirteen: Hannibal

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…