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The One Glaring Problem with “Guardians of the Galaxy”
Spoiler-phobes, this post should be relatively safe for you — there are a few minor plot points discussed, but nothing big. I’m going to start off by saying that Guardians of the Galaxy — the new...
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Manzanita Adventure Weekend
This past weekend Byron and I packed up the dog and the car headed down to the Oregon coast. We met up with a group of my best college friends — and I just about exploded with nerdy glee when my new...
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Summer Slipping
Last Friday, I took the ferry back from Bainbridge and watched a red sun slip behind the Olympic range. A perfect moment in a shamefully beautiful corner of the world — but something was amiss. I...
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Summer Book Reviews
This past spring, I read so many books I had to split the reviews up into 2 posts. Summer? Let’s just say that the state of my reading list reflects how summer went for me. But THAT’S OK. Summer is the...
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Lost to California
Snap back to reality. Back in Seattle. For the past two weeks we’ve been transients, driving up the California coast, packing a bag every day and going from motel to hotel. The sort of trip where you...
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Unfocused
Like any born-and-bred American, road trips are in my DNA. Growing up, they were an integral part of family vacations. We never did any truly epic routes — the longest was Seattle to Santa Monica, with...
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The 30/30 Writing Challenge
So, here’s roughly how this went down. Last week, a group of coworkers and I journeyed up Capitol Hill to attend the Cheap Bear & Prose night at Hugo House. Hugo House, in their own words, “is for...
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New Coat of Paint, Part 2
Six months ago, I announced that I had finally, finally found the living room paint color: Benjamin Moore Light Breeze. It took me months to find a color I was happy with (along with a zillion paint...
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30/30 Check-In
Here we are, day 15 of my 30/30 Writing Challenge — writing for 30 minutes a day for 30 days to raise money for Seattle’s Hugo House. I’m proud to report that so far I haven’t missed a single day, even...
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My Fellow Americans
Like many of my fellow Americans, I have a complicated relationship with patriotism. In college, I minored in history, focusing mainly on early 20th century United States and Latin America. Studying...
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Reading Diversely
Last week I was wasting time getting up-to-date information on Twitter, when I stumbled upon a couple tweets by Amanda Nelson, the managing editor of Book Riot. Lots of people took my challenge, looked...
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30/30 Wrap-Up
Well, it’s done. Image from Don’t Break the Chain! I wrote for 30 minutes for 30 days, each and every day. Through some very generous donations, I raised $110 for Seattle’s Hugo House. I’m not gonna...
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Cold Snap
There are currently half a dozen blooms on the three rose bushes in our front yard. They’re not the full, sultry blooms of high summer, but they still unfurl defiantly against the grey November sky,...
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The Day the Dog Got Away
Things can go awry in the space of a moment. It’s been cold in Seattle, but bright-blue skies without a cloud in sight. Yesterday afternoon I called Louie over, put on his harness and retractable...
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Sharing Inspiration, Part 2
After the Ankle Incident, my friend Jenny commented, “Wow, you’ve had kind of a rough month.” “Have I?” I said. “Well, you got really sick a few weeks back. And now the ankle.” “Huh,” I said. “I guess...
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Small Acts
It’s been a shitty week. Look, there’s no point in sugar-coating it. It’s true. This about sums it up: Sigh. pic.twitter.com/KxKi88Rzqd — David Roberts (@drgrist) November 25, 2014 Ferguson. Horrible...
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Fall Book Reviews
This was totally unintentional, but the apparent theme of my fall reading list? Depressing ‘R’ Us. Not that any of these books were bad, per se — we just had a whole onslaught of “whomp, whomp” themes....
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My Paraben-Free, Mostly Natural, Somewhat Cruelty-Free Beauty Regime
I’ve been thinking about writing this blog post for a long time but hesitated because… well, it’s not the thing I typically talk about here. But after reading We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves,...
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Reading Diversely: A Follow-Up
Back in October, I shared a Book Riot video about reading diversely (aka, reading books written by non-white authors). The video’s creator, Amanda Nelson, encouraged readers to take a look at their...
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Christmas Tradition
It amazed me the day I learned that people open Christmas presents at different times. Growing up, I thought everyone opened them on Christmas morning, like us. We couldn’t open any gifts prior to...
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