In the last few years, I got better at talking to my grandma. ( Read more... )

So I read a book, which was an excellent book, called Shades of Milk and Honey, and one of my responses was the main character is So Smart, which I love, so why, at certain points in the book, is she So Dense ( Read more... )

I have been thinking about stories, and the stories that resonate with me, and what myths I identify strongly with.

( Cut for Spoilers to Black Beauty, Les Mis, and Ol'Yeller... )

I took my dog, Rhymer, for a walk in Castle Rock Park, where there are squirrels. On squirrel-less trails, he stays more or less nearby. On squirrel-ful trails, apparently, he turns into a ravenous beast and vanishes into the horizon. Hmm ( Read more... )

( Here be pictures. )

I recently acquired a beautiful new Sony camera in order to do interviews for my Public History Project. So, accordingly, procrastinating about said project, I took pictures of the cat and dog. I also took a video, but it made me seasick to watch, so I'll have to work on that.
( Photos behind the cut. )

It is strange and glorious to be unreservedly happy.

I have made sense of depression that I have not ever made before, and it is ... a bizarre kind of relief ( Read more... )

 1) There is such a thing as too much tomato, even if you really love tomato.

2) Coriander cannot fix everything.

3) It is okay to throw out a dish before anyone else has a chance to verify that it really is that bad. Especially if you do the dishes afterward to conceal the evidence.

From Freedom & Necessity by Emma Bull and Steve Brust ( Read more... )