Sorry about the radio silence…I’ve been busy, and then Jak came down for a short but wonderful visit, and then this morning…we got awful news. Mark Bourne has passed away. I’m…still stunned, and numb. He was so alive and happy when Mark and I saw him just the other day. I can still hear his […]

So this morning I was walking home from yoga and it started to rain; and within a minute or two it was POURING, and a minute or two later the backs of my legs were getting wet just from the walking; and then the storm drains were backing up; and then the cars going by

Oh yes: marinading the steak was JUST THE THING. Much more tender and juicy and delicious. Om nom! In other news: the shrimp may be finally getting used to the (remaining) cichlid. I found a number of them grazing this evening. And a guppy, for good measure. That’s one of the best guppy pictures so

Mmm, steak salad: I’m proud of myself. I went grocery-ing and bought healthy foods, and chopped up a nice big salad, and cooked (half of) a lovely steak, and sliced it up, and–yum! Now if I can keep doing that sort of thing, instead of the junk-grazing I’ve been doing lately…

Well, I *knew* it was a holiday–in fact I’d already been thinking about it when I read Suricattus’s entry and empathized (for I too am expecting freelance checks in the mail)–yet somehow it never occurred to me that yoga class would be canceled today. Oh well! At least I had a nice walk, back and

I did an open house today that was far more sparsely attended than the others I’ve done; I’m guessing it being the Sunday of a three-day weekend had something to do with that. Even so, it was worth doing: I met good people, and you never know, do you? There were a few potentially promising

It was touch and go there for a bit, given the weather forecasts and a late-in-the-day (and thankfully minor) bike accident that Thirdworld had last night, but morning came fairly bright and pleasant, and Thirdworld pronounced his knee hike-able, so off we went to Multonomah Falls. We did the Multnomah-Wahkeena Loop Hike, and boy, was

I’ve been a serious writer for six or seven years now; it’s an important part of my identity, and something I enjoy doing tremendously. Except I’m not writing, much, hardly, these days. Well of course I’m busy. But I was busy before and I wrote. I wrote quite a bit when I was working full

Hmm, taking a few days off doesn’t make the work go away. Today I got up early and went into the office and learned interesting things (including WOW I need to get an iPad, it’s like they were INVENTED for realtors…), then met with the boss briefly, then rushed off to do a quick favor

Found this note on the windshield of the Subaru today (the pen is covering the name and phone number): Seriously? How hard is it to find a Subaru wagon for sale in Portland? (Hint: Not so very hard, no.) You’d rather canvass the neighborhood in the rain? In other news: it’s raining.