I do actually do things when I’m home sometimes.

Whoops: Stories About Mistakes: I was part of this Better Said Than Done storytelling show at Clare and Don’s Beach Shack in Falls Church. The show was sold out, but that is mostly because it’s a tiny place. The show was wonderful. I was telling a new story about my terrible sense of direction ( Read more... )

I think this will get me caught up on everything up until this month ( Read more... )

Español: Estoy estudiando español con Duolingo para mas de 365 días. Yo lo disfruto mucho. Pero todavía no sabe muchas palabras. Porque mi vocabulario es tan poco, no entiendo todas las conversaciones que oi en el tren, por example. Leo mejor que yo escucho, y entiendo la mayoría de los avisos veo. Me parece que es una buena idea para viajar a ( Read more... )

I saw a Facebook ad for a Get Organized conference, held on-line from 11-15 September. While there was an option to pay for unlimited access, I thought that the free access to the sessions (which was only good for 24 hours for each one) would be good enough for me. I didn’t make it to all the sessions I wanted to because I had important things to ( Read more... )

Esther Krinitz: A guy I used to work with, Mark, went to my storytelling show for rubber ducky day. He sent me a very nice email afterwards and mentioned an upcoming lecture being livestreamed by the American Visionary Art Museum about The Art and Story of Esther Nisenthol Krinitz. Krinitz was a Holocaust survivor who created fiber art pictures ( ( Read more... )

I’ve barely been out of my house this week, partly because I felt rather sniffly for a couple of days, but mostly because I have been on a minor decluttering binge, primarily involving shredding a bunch of old credit card receipts, some dating back as far as, um, 2016. I’m still working on that project, though I also need to do some serious ( Read more... )

I have, as usual, been busy. I don’t really know how not to be.

Celebrity Death Watch: Howard Hesseman was an actor, most famous for playing Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati. Art Cooley co-founded the Environmental Defense Fund. Jeff Innes pitched for the New York Mets. Norma Waterson sang folk music with her family. Robin Herman was ( Read more... )

Today seems to have completely gotten away from me. The only actual commitment I had was for a talk about travel to festivals. (Which was quite interesting, discussing Timkat in Ethiopia, the Pushkar camel fair in India, and Dia de los Muertos in Oaxaca.) And I had an hour or so phone conversation with a friend.

But that leaves at least 13 ( Read more... )

Last week I spent an hour or so searching for a pair of blue pants I was sure I had taken out of the dryer and thrown on the back of the sofa to fold and put away later. It turned out to be in the mending pile, where it’s been for weeks, because I haven’t felt like trying to find the right color thread to fix a torn seam.

This week, I’ve been ( Read more... )

I got through more than half of my to-do list for the day. It helps to be unambitious.

Suddenly, over the past few days, both my local Chinese restaurant (which was within walking distance, at least as I define walking distance) and a good Asian fusion restaurant reasonably nearby have closed. I rarely eat out when I’m home, but it is convenient ( Read more... )