
Today's coffee is Water Avenue's Boxcar, a dark roast that is sharper than I usually like, but still delicious.
1 month ago
They Might Be Giants' "Factory Showroom" is still an album of my soul.
2 months ago
OK, I might be a coffee person now. FunkyPlaid has learned AeroPress tricks, and so I had two lattes, back-to-back. Oops. And also zzzzooooooommmmm
3 months ago
Sometimes I withdraw from being online so much. It goes in cycles. Right now I feel like I can't share only positive vibes, and I don't want to share negative ones because there are already too many of those.
4 months ago
Watched the first episode of "Silo" ... hmm. It's got "Lost" plus "Severance" vibes and I'm okay with that.
4 months ago
Thrilled to be attending a pen show this weekend!
4 months ago
Back after two days without internet and several hours without power.
4 months ago
Revenge bedtime procrastination is real, y’all.
5 months ago
Today marks seven years at my current workplace!
5 months ago
Inordinately impressed with my "fried rice" improvisation that used up cooked quinoa leftovers.
5 months ago
One book I recommend over and over again: "Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself" by Nedra Glover Tawwab. A favorite quote of mine from this book: "Clarity saves relationships."
6 months ago
On a pineapple green smoothie kick. Can’t stop won’t stop.
6 months ago
My mom found a tape recording of six-year-old me, reading to my grandfather, who was in hospital. I checked out a tape converter from my library so I could save it for posterity.
6 months ago
Jet lag has absolutely flattened me this time around. Humbling, irritating.
7 months ago
Long day of travel back to the States. Sad to be leaving FunkyPlaid behind, but eager to see our adorable Crivens and Criminy!
7 months ago
Crying off and on since I dropped my mom off at the airport this morning. I miss her so much already.
7 months ago
I love croissants even more now that I know how difficult they are to make.
8 months ago
When in doubt, bake cookies.
8 months ago
The bread machine is my favorite kitchen robot. Brioche incoming!
8 months ago
I love the big giant flakes that look like fake Hollywood foam snow the best.
8 months ago
I'd love a cure for the Sunday blues.
8 months ago
My iPhone’s so into me that I got a birthday slideshow and all of the photos were mostly flattering.
9 months ago
Trying a new recipe for gluten-free lasagna. I’ve been at it for two hours already!
9 months ago
Not-work planned for today: coffee with a friend, puttering about the house, quality time with FunkyPlaid, birthday shenanigans planning, a big cooking project in the evening.
9 months ago
Saw a terrifying cloud over Portland on my way home. Thanks, "The Day After", for the permanent psychological scarring.
9 months ago
Time transforms grief, elongates it, spreads it more thinly over the crevices of each day. Less puncture; more papercut.
10 months ago
a day of breaking terribly sad news to my coworkers, over and over, and "breaking" is the right word for it because I'm now broken
10 months ago
Happy Hogmanay! Today is the day I get my planner and diary set up for the new year.
10 months ago
Baked cookies with a friend today: gingersnaps, buckeyes, thin mints, and good ol' chocolate chips.
11 months ago
"Die Hard: The Musical Parody" at the Funhouse Lounge. I had heard about it, and thought I was prepared. I was not prepared. Already looking forward to next year.
11 months ago
24-hour delayed reaction to seeing someone dressed up as Krampus casually browsing in a Southeast Portland gift shop.
11 months ago
New ink day only slightly dampened by a chipped (not fully broken) bottle. Most of the ink has been salvaged, rehomed in a bay leaves jar. Swab test soon!
11 months ago
Chicken and dumplings are in the slow-cooker!
11 months ago
Sick again, but not with COVID. I wish I had dodged the flu completely, but I'm still grateful for muted symptoms, thanks to my flu jab. Now back to bed.
1 year ago
In that part of the recipe experiment when the dish I'm making smells really good yet not at all what I expected it to smell like.
1 year ago
Curled up in bed with an engrossing book, a cuppa, and occasionally a cuddly cat.
1 year ago
Having fun with NaNoWriMo this year, writing what I want to read.
1 year ago
Third flotation tank experience today. When I have good words for it, I'll write more about it.
1 year ago
It will never not be They Might Be Giants, for me. Tonight "Answer" came on randomly and it was the most perfect.
1 year ago
For a short week, that sure was a long week.
1 year ago
Took our out-of-town visitor to Salt & Straw, and I had matcha ice cream with toffee-brittle mealworms and chocolate crickets! Surprisingly tasty, but maybe I'll order something less adventurous next time.
1 year ago
Started rewatching "Schitt's Creek" while recovering from COVID, and just finished (again). I love it more every time.
1 year ago
Closed all three rings for the first time post-COVID! And now, ready to sleep 10 hours.
1 year agoSo happy to wake up to rain this morning! And the day just got better and better.
1 year ago
So grateful for wonderful people in my life who make the time to cheer me up when I am grieving.
1 year ago
As soon as I turned on crossposting for my status log, everything I typed seemed too trivial to share.
1 year ago
trying to revive myself with homemade chocolate chip cookies
1 year ago
sudden resurgence of COVID symptoms, boo
1 year ago
first cuppa today, now ready for a status!
1 year ago