Writing the good read
1381, 1418, 1429, 1550, 1653: a bunch of various battles in Europe. Probably some Black Death. 1665: England installs a municipal government in New York City. 1775: The first naval battle of Revolution — What is it with battles and June 12? 1776: Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights 1792: In local Pacific Northwest news, Capt….
I went to see The Castaways at Urban Coffee Lounge in Kirkland tonight. It’s a ukulele band that does cover songs from the ’80s. I’ll give you a minute while you read that sentence again. They’re fabulous. You wouldn’t think a bunch of ukuleles and some drums could sound so cool, but they do. The…
Much as I would like my faithful readers — what are there, five of you now? — to stick with my words and only my words, I have to admit that there are some other great blogs out there. Today, day 10 of the Third Annual Wordcount Blogathon, all of the participants are recommending some…
A little over a year ago, I hosted a soup swap as part of National Soup Swap Day, an event made up by a really nice Seattlite a few years ago. I wrote about it at Nerd’s Eye View and got my first national clip writing about the trend in USA Weekend. This year, though,…