Another book– I read We Disappear: A Novel by Scott Heim. My review is “kind of cool, but ho hum”.
Sometimes it seemed that everything she’d recently done–all her fraudulence, the hoaxes on the mourning families and friends, and now, her capture of Otis–was shameful, monstrous, vile. And I felt equally guilty; I’d allowed [...]
Hey hey! Happy Monday. I hope you can hear the irony in my voice. I hope you can feel my extreme fatigue this morning.
At Beemouse Laboratories, we’re celebrating Monday with this upturned ottoman, which is currently located right down the street from us.
I went to the Seattle Aquarium yesterday and was awed and amazed. My friend Faith went with me, who somehow faithfully remembers all the marine biology things I learned once upon a time. I couldn’t even remember what sea urchins were called, which made me sad.
I made a tiny montage of some [...]
So. I just read The Book from the Sky by Robert Kelly.
The copy of the book I have is an uncorrected galley proof, which poses an interesting problem in my experience of the book, because the book is considered experimental fiction. I found myself wondering as I was reading it, “just how experimental [...]
I’m so excited for one of my coworkers– his sister, Leila Josefowicz, just won a MacArthur Fellowship (the “Genius Award”) for her pioneering work in violin performance.
She’s just 30, and she’s already achieved so much! My god…
We talked about her this morning, and about some of the work she’s been doing, and it got [...]
I was helping a friend copy edit an application letter today, and we got in a discussion about how boring “sincerely” is as a complimentary closing. One often has to use sincerely, but when you don’t want to, sometimes it’s hard to figure out what else to write.
I compiled a list, for your reference [...]
Today is a special day, because Richard comes back from nearly a week-long absence. He’s been mountain biking with friends. I’ve missed him so much.
In celebration of his return, I would like to share a series of photos, so you may, perhaps, be able to sense, through the power of image, what [...]
Good day to you, sirs.
I would like to share this photo of a dahlia, picked from my yard, sitting in my dingy kitchen window, backlit by the sun:
I never thought I liked dahlias much until I they started blooming in my yard. They were planted by the previous tenants and are coming up everywhere. [...]
A quick post to let you know I have a new original painting up for sale on Etsy:
I was inspired by a long new shoot of climbing rose reaching up into the clear, darkening dusk sky… I wanted to paint it, but felt like I should take a reference photo. Then I thought, that [...]
I just wanted to let readers know that I’m aware there’s a problem with user registration for comments… I’m going to install a captcha system so it’s easier to comment– bear with me.
Also. What was I going to say…
Oh yes, I wanted to share this awesome photo of Jen from August:
Carry on with [...]