last night ali and i built a fire in a barrel in her backyard, starting with scraps of wood and a couple of newspapers, then emptying out the contents of her recycling bin, setting plastic and glass to the side. she had drilled tiny holes into the sides of the barrel, in the shape of a bull's head and a fish wearing a crown. as the flames ( Read more... )

today there was sun and blue sky in western washington. a miracle ( Read more... )

yesterday was spent in seattle, showing trintje and kate capital hill where we stopped at bauhaus books & coffee and spent time at twice sold tales where i really wanted to buy words by john hartford (as in the bluegrass musician from the 70s) but it was ten dollars and so was return to sender by raymond mungo. behind the counter sits a list of ( Read more... )

see, i really do not like eggs at all; in fact, i rather despise them. but i love cookies and other baked goods and while i'm testing vegan recipes as often as possible the egg is sometimes a necessary evil. tonight i decided to make chocolate cookies and having no obvious alternatives decided to use an egg, that is, until i reached into my ( Read more... )

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there's a man who regularly shops at the co-op named STONEWALL BIRD. and he wears this raincoat with a peace sign spray-painted on the back ( Read more... )

last night i got - count 'em - A SINGLE HALF-HOUR of sleep. and that was from seven a.m. to seven-thirty a.m. oh crazy life ( Read more... )

last night i found myself at ANIMAL KINGDOM, an event organized by the bellingham chapter of burning man. basically, it was a tiny tiny microcosm of burning man itself. for those who aren't familiar with the week-long event it's an annual art festival and experiment in temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and self-reliance.the ( Read more... )

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sometimes i get so tired of spending my evenings in solitude.

my house is too quiet. and i never seem to be that productive. i need others around to feed off their energy.

this evening i watched amelie. and i made a big pot of veggie chili: black beans, great northern beans, tvp, sweet potato, yellow onion, jalapeno and serrano peppers, cumin, ( Read more... )