Vacations, I think, are among life's necessities. Even if you can't go far, or long, just getting away for a while is truly a boon.

Accordingly, on Sunday afternoon, Leora and I loaded bulging panniers onto our bikes and rode seven miles along historic, tree-lined Summit Avenue to Cathedral Hill Bed and Breakfast, where we bedded and breakfasted ( Read more... )

I don't often talk about the weather here. I mean, I'm a Minnesotan. We have weather. Deal.

But, I gotta tell you: this is a bit obscene. Today, leorathesane and I needed the better part of two hours of shoveling and the generous assistance of seven neighbors to get Leora's car behind the house.

Let's be done with snows for a while, OK? And let's not leave the ( Read more... )

This morning I removed from one of my pieces of clothing a sticker that read "Checked Best #9". Being in a waggish mood, I affixed said sticker to my décolletage ( Read more... )

The Giggly Hills, that is.

Saturday, as a perfect end to our "CON is over; let's not move again 'til autumn" lethargy, leorathesane and I packed up a mini-picnic (hooray for cookies from Fireroast!), biked to the Giggly Hills (which I've now also seen called "Giggling Hills", which is more dignified and less fun), and spent several hours mostly goofing off ( ( Read more... )

Yesterday (May 18) was my birthday. I had Plans for my birthday. They involved a little black dress I've had my eye on, ice cream cupcakes from Izzy's, lunch with leorathesane, and something awesome for dinner, which I would choose from any number of recipes that have been sitting around our kitchen for years waiting for "a day when I had more time". These ( Read more... )

Check out my short piece, "I'm From Mattawan, MI" on the awesome true-story LGBT website imfromdriftwood. Despite the title, it is not about life in Mattawan. It is about weed wrenches. I'm not kidding.

It's 6:40 on Sunday morning. With help from an overly affectionate cat walking on me and chirping at me, I stagger out of bed, stretch, put on comfy clothes. I'm going to church ( Read more... )

What a great weekend! leorathesane and I got up Saturday morning and went to pick up our Mount Royal plum tree, "The Professor." Alas, before that, we had to sit through the most useless workshop ever. It was supposed to be about caring for a fruit tree, but it was just this tree pathologist droning on for thirty minutes about things unrelated to anything. The ( Read more... )

leorathesane and I enjoyed ourselves tremendously last night at a showing Minneapolis 48-Hour Film Project, down at the Riverview. Some of Leora's friends had an entry in, so we meandered on over to support them and see what this crazy thing was all about ( Read more... )

Would my life be better if every weekend were a 3-day weekend, or would I just start demanding a 4-day? Don't know; don't care: ( I just loved this weekend I had. )