For those of your who don't already plan on going, This Sunday (May 2nd) is the Mayday Parade and Festival. It is a community based puppet parade in Powderhorn and Phillips Neighborhoods. The parade starts at 25th St and 18th Ave, goes to Bloomington Ave and stays on Bloomington Ave until 34th St where it turn down into Powderhorn Park. The ( Read more... )

I read my email upon returning to this state and found out that we have had 38 inches of snow this year. That is kind of awesome, except that part where parking is constricted. On the other hand, I will personally vouch for how difficult it is to get emergency vehicles down the side streets these days. Also, if you are driving and you see an ( Read more... )

Don't forget to vote!

The league of women voters has the most complete and accessible information I've found so far. I recommend that site to do your last-minute research.

So, I probably should have posted this over the summer when I was connecting with a bunch more writers, but I have a secondary LJ that I use to post snippets of freewrites. It is both an organization method and a way of being accountable for my writing. I admit that I have not been posting there much at all in the last month or three, but I'm re- ( Read more... )

Happy Equinox.

Enjoy the day of balance.

And luck for us, beautiful weather. I'm going to go play outside.

( Squicky by some standards. Dinner time conversation for others. )