Writing the good read
I have no designs on public office, and given my strange history, I’m sure some political consultant would say that’s probably for the best. But if I was going to run for office, I would make the following promises: 1. I will never let the practice of my religion impinge on your freedom to practice…
I think the first time I used the phrase “I’m with the band” — apart from in junior high when I played flute in an actual band — was in high school when I somehow became attached to a band called Flight. In case you can’t tell from the photo below, it was the 1980s….
Before last Saturday, I had never taken a cooking class. I learned to cook from my mother, by reading a whole lot of cookbooks, and by actually cooking. It is a form of artistic expression to me, something that gives me intense pleasure. Thinking of an ingredient and how to use it in a tasty,…
I read about this house in the Seattle Times yesterday and decided I had to go see it for myself. So after Mr. Right Now and I delivered Darling Son to the Wasband, walked the dog around Green Lake, and had some dinner at Latona Pub, we found the place, got out and took some…
My friend Sandy is really into food and animal welfare, and over the past year or so, she has moved from a vegetarian to a vegan diet. The impact on my life includes trips to amazing vegan restaurants that I didn’t know existed, like Araya‘s in Bellevue, which specializes in vegan Thai food. She picked out…
Note: This blog post is adapted from one I wrote for my trainer, Ja’Warren Hooker, a former Olympic sprinter who enjoys making me sweat. I don’t love exercise. Growing up, my friends and I referred to it as “The E Word”. I like the way I feel afterwards, but the whole process of being sore…
So there was this Seth Godin blog being shared around Facebook today about the things that Most People don’t do. It made me think about Them. They are everywhere, aren’t They? And if Most People don’t care, well, neither do They. They are against everything you stand for, right? And They are different and stupid…
And hating it anyway It’s been more than a decade since I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. It’s a disease that people often confuse with osteoarthritis because they both impact the joints and can lead to debilitating disability. And they both have the word arthritis in them. But my version is an autoimmune disease that…
I saw Darling Niece this week for the first time in about 9 months. She lives in Northern California and has a life that is dominated by one sport after another. She was in Portland with Coach Snarky Brother for the final softball tournament of the season, which coincided with me being in the same…
The picture above? It’s one of five such bookcases I have in the family room. There are another five up in my room. All are filled nearly edge to edge with books. I have about 30 books sitting on the floor waiting to be filed (fiction downstairs, non-fiction up, alphabetically by author). They will displace…