Back to 2024. Here on the Oregon coast, the rainy season has begun, andChatty Cathywas wearing only a thin summer dress. As I put on her red flannel coat and hat, slipping them over her plastic arms, I thought about how this was like dressing a child, the child I never had. I th...
With all the questions about Vista I thought it might be interesting to talk about where we are in the project and to see if there were things you were hoping to see.Right now we're in a bug fixing phase. That means we are working on closing down as many bugs as possible in the ...
1. Craigslist: This is often the easiest way to find a barrel. Where I live, people commonly sell them for $10. I would not pay more than $15. If you just search for "barrel" you should find something. Check what was stored in them before you buy them. I have found some with l...
Gambling personifies the Shakespearean twist of the racetrack. High rollers and drugstore cowboys wager to win. Some men walk out with a grocery cart of recycled cans; some walk out with enough money to buy a racehorse. They leave by the same gate, and the next day, they return for more...
the october cocktail hour: another stint in japan & a last birthday before the big 7-0 October 31, 2024 a belated september cocktail hour: a final summer concert & a trip to the other side of the world: japan {pt.1} & bali, indonesia October 24, 2024 anticipation & preparation: ...
terminal. If the tram’s not already ready and waiting, I walk all the way to the front car, so I can be among the first ones off and hit the escalators, rather than swim with the masses. Despite being weighed down with so much cargo, the young family was a couple steps ahead of...
I want to buy a chinchilla just for you, Caleb because I didn’t listen last time when you told me to and because maybe just maybe the chinchilla’s fur in my hand will bring back my ability to breathe. But mostly I want to travel back ...
I’ve also been dreaming up the kids rooms. See what they need new and see what furniture they can take. I’m all for recycle and reuse, but their bedrooms have quite a different layout compared to what they have now, so we’ll have to buy some things new. They also had to negoti...
Someone told me recently that when you open up enough for one big life change others might slip through. I think this is true. In mid-2018 my twin brother and I decided we should combine households and I decided to buy a house. That happened in October. Soon after that a good friend...
Life on the Sidewalk...(No, I'm not lost. To be lost you have to know where you're supposed to be in the first place.)