So, because I got two cans of pumpkin puree and two cans of evaporated milk from the food boxes, I decided to make a pumpkin pie. I had to buy a mixing bowl and measuring spoons first, though. And I had to buy nutmeg and ground cloves because apparently trying to find pumpkin pie spice at this time of year is almost impossible. Lucky for me I ( Read more... )

So I just read that they found rabid bats in Portland. FUCK! Rabies scares me 1000 times more than covid. Hell, rabies scares me more than ebola! At least you can survive ebola. But if you get rabies, by the time you know you've got it, it's already too late. What's worse, you can get it without even knowing it -- you could be outside sleeping in a ( Read more... )

So my friend Jesse, his wife, and my friend Cat Faye apparently went to Rose City Comic-con on Friday and Saturday. The other day, I got a message from Jesse asking me if I was interested in coming to it on Sunday, he'd pay my ticket (which was like, $50?). I hadn't been to any kind of convention for many many years, so I said yes.

When we got there ( Read more... )

Strap in everyone, cuz boy howdy do I have a tale to tell you about my day.

Let's start out with the weather. Snowstorms with freezing rain over the last day or so meant that everything outside was absolutely covered in Jack Frost's dandruff, so thick that if it had just been snow, I'd have had to slog through knee-high snow. But it was mixed in ( Read more... )

The seeds that sprouted are dying. Only two of the spinach sprouts are still alive, and some of the other sprouts too among the lettuce and chard. But considering this is still better luck than I've ever had with seeds, I'm gonna go ahead and buy some actual plants, and hope they do better ( Read more... )

A week or two back, I downloaded the Lime app (for Lime brand e-scooter rental) because I was worried about being late somewhere. Turned out I didn't need it then, but I kept the app. Last like, Monday I think it was, I got my first ride on one. That first ride was uncomfortable and it was raining, but the discomfort was partly because my left hand ( Read more... )

Sad to find out Koko the gorilla died back in June of 2018. I remember reading about her and All Ball when I was little. I remember being so sad for her to read that All Ball died. :( Koko was so important to the effort to keep her species alive, and opened so many peoples' eyes to the fact animals are far smarter than we were giving them credit ( Read more... )

Been wanting a costume wand for some time, because my actual wand is curly, has some pyrite crystals in it that supercharge the thing, and so it doesn't stow well. Just so happened to find a nice wand stick outside on the way from Walgreens today. It had fallen off a tree recently enough to be strong, it was dry and rot free, and most of the bark ( Read more... )

I'm glad I've gone to so many ren faires and to Faerie Worlds this year. Quite apart from all the fun I had, looking at people's arts and crafts for sale made me realize I have more skills than I thought I did, and gave me ideas for things I could make to sell. I could buy gemstones and jewelry wire and make necklaces. I have this idea for earrings ( Read more... )

I dreamed about Lily last night. We were laying down together on a queen sized mattress, just talking and being close. I don't recall about what, but at some points in the dream she was laughing, just exactly how she did in life. She also gave me a kiss. I got to be close to her again, to feel her again ( Read more... )