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The New Normal
"What color is the sky?" the teacher asks the class.
"White!" the children respond for this is all they know.
Smoke. Haze. Fire. Our Pacific Northwest summer, the one season where we reliably see blue skies, overcast by wildfire smoke raging across the region. We haven't seen a blue sky in days. The sun burns red. My mouth tastes like smoke and I ( Read more... ) -
Bike Touring, Bike Camping, and Big Sur
I'm sure there is a more clever way to do this, but after battling blogspot over picture placement and HTML code, I'm over it ( Read more... ) -
Cotonga- Five Years in the Making
Last night Laura and I went to Cotonga for our 2 year anniversary. I chose the place because five years ago, when we first started dating, Laura mentioned to me that she would love to go there. I immediately tried to get reservations, but it was one of those places that filled up a month ahead of time- the moment they released reservations ( Read more... ) -
Same-Sex Marriage is Legal in the United States of America!
I remember when Prop 8 passed, when my fellow citizens, when my neighbors, voted marriage was only between a man and a woman. I remember because I was thinking of coming out that day, if it had passed. I remember sitting in my dining room, looking outside at the porch, in disbelief that the love I was feeling was wrong. And I remember being scared ( Read more... ) -
Livejournal
Today I found R's long abandoned LiveJournal. And then out of curiosity for a comparison, I reread some of my own from the same period ( Read more... ) -
The Big 3-0
Today, I turn 30. A time for culturally enforced reflection as I begin another decade in my charmed life.
When I think about the person I was at 20 vs. today at 30, some things are exactly the same. Exhibit #1, a picture of me wearing my favorite black t-shirt when I was 21. Exhibit #2, I am in the exact same shirt two weeks ago.
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Confession: I Read Yahoo! News
Years ago, before Google and Bing, I used Yahoo! Search. And as part of the ecosystem, I read their news too. This tradition has continued today. When I have time, I check NYTimes Cover Page, Most Popular Section (saving them to GetPocket.com and thereby subverting the 10 article limit), anything my facebook friends link to and then, Yahoo! News. I ( Read more... ) -
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Lately I've been feeling like writing, probably a legacy of my profession and past. I've been admiring the way friends, acquaintances and even perfect strangers select words, turn phrases, and create clarity. Oh what delight cleverly spun sentences brings ( Read more... ) -
Too much reading, not enough analyzing.
These days I spend a lot of time reading. Like Sarah P., I read "everything." Magazines to newpapers to blogs to books. Often times I'll find something I want to update about, but never get around to it. Usually it's because my thoughts are flittering between the space of facebook and livejournal. Too long and too short, respectively. Well ( Read more... )
