Archive for November 2013
what a world
Selfie with Chihuly. I feel like I got away with something, getting back home from Phoenix in decent time without speeding*. However, I think it’s an illusion — for one thing, I didn’t stop ONCE — gas tank of this rental was huge and apparently I didn’t need to eat or pee; and I gained…
Read Moreone long stripped mall
Despite feeling achy and fluey as a result of my heartbreak (why does it have the ability to resemble flu*? so weird) and despite looking at my bank balance and feeling panic at all the expenditures hitting/about to hit me big time, and despite the fact that, in the complex I’m staying, the Christmas decorations…
Read Morejust desert
Rest stop cactus If you know me, you know I am unapologetic about my Arizona upbringing (from age 4-13) and how great a place it was to grow up — blissfully unaware, of course, of the awful politics woven into the fiber of this state. I didn’t care, I lived on a mountain and had…
Read Morehappy birthday, kid
I don’t know if iCal does this to everybody, but if I don’t input the year of birth into a contact’s birthday field, the year defaults to whenever the record was updated (or, in this case, imported from my database program into the native “Contacts” program.) So I get these popup alerts for loved ones’…
Read MoreNew Study Shows Caregivers Live Longer
The title of this post is the subject line of the email I just received from my caregiver’s support organization. To which I say “whuuuuu?” And even if I believed that, is this really good news, having seen the ravages of old age, really close up? Don’t get me wrong, I got — and continue…
Read Moretales from the ‘list
I recently told Jeana that, from here on out, I was going to consider a “Chester Drawers” sighting as a lucky omen. Trying to sell my unwanted furniture was another not-worth-it ordeal, but I am fascinated by what goes what doesn’t. My deeply discounted Mid-Century bedroom set (slowly dying in storage) had not one nibble. The…
Read Morehouse hunty part 4
I think I want to buy a home. I don’t know if I can buy a home, so I’m finding out everything I can about it. I will be post my progress here from time to time. Part one is here. Part two is here. Part three is here. Now I start to see the true evil…
Read Moreweddings old and new and i’m old too
I went to San Francisco to help mark the 20th anniversary of Danny and Alison, old friends! Girl can still fit into her wedding dress, bam. Here are the OGs (Original Guests). That’s a pretty decent number, still around and hanging out! Testament to our good instincts for finding good friends, now matter how otherwise…
Read Morequilting in space
[direct link] NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg hosts quilting bee from space station Well. If you didn’t know that isn’t the headline I feel I’ve been waiting for my entire life, then you don’t know me. My mission from earth: to create a quilt square that will be part of a star-themed quilt to be shown…
Read Moreend of the beginning
The last rose of the relationship. The Boyf is now ex-boyfriend and perhaps I’ve had better Halloweens. It is weird and maybe a little amusing that our conversation included how we were going to handle changing our relationship status on Facebook. I opted out of posting the change to my News Feed, which saved me…
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