No maps for these territories

I am taking a break from my weekend; a break from working on the Wikimania planning pages (which feels suspiciously like work) to updating this journal (which has been my escape for years and years from all those things that are supposed to be done…) I have had a burst of energy the last few [...]

the laptop? just fooling me, apparently. where’s a good place to look for a hard drive?

I want to go to this but will I make it out of the house? Dubious. I’m being very… attached to being at home lately. obviously I did not make it to death cab last weekend.

You’ve just experienced the infamous Seattle Freeze. It’s the flip side of Seattle Nice. Welcome to Seattle . . . Now please go away. Ha! So true. It’s what I love and miss. It suits my character. It’s making it difficult for me to cope down here, where people actually are fairly nice. I keep [...]

Maybe it was the chicken soup. Maybe it was the wine. Whatever it was, I got the urge to turn on my old busted laptop for maybe the first time in a year. What is wrong with it? The last few times I tried to turn it on, it shrieked like all the demons in [...]

Hello, housewifery: let’s talk about the homemade chicken noodle soup accompanied by wonderful California Zinfindel that I’m having for dinner, shall we? —- I will get over this wine thing soon, but I’m having fun now.. It’s a reward for spending so much time at work. I am spending a lot of time at work. [...]

Joan Didion, who suddenly lost her husband a couple years ago to a heart attack, has a new book out called “The Year of Magical Thinking.” It’s about grief — the reporting of her own grief after her husband died. I want to read it. It’s gotten favorable reviews, and Didion is always a treat. [...]