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It’s a pumpkini

Little BitsOctober 31, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

This year's make-it-happen pumpkin, complements of my mom's (Eileen's) amazing creativity and cleverness. One over-large zucchini from the garden. Ears and nose tip, by way of a large jalapeño pepper from the garden. Eyes, dried cloves. Tongue, the tip of a red jalapeño pepper. Boo!

Which U.S. generation is the most immigrant?

CultchaSeptember 29, 20232KViews 1Like 0Comments

I was listening this afternoon--for the umpteenth time--to Neil Howe's tome on generational cycles and our current era, The Fourth Turning is Here, as he was discussing the cyclical and repeating nature of immigration to the U.S., which, since its founding (and reaching back to Western Europe and the War of the Roses) has experienced…

Love the conveniences? Thank an Xer

CultchaSeptember 28, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

As Google turns 25 this week, let us pause to consider how VASTLY different our lives are from this site/tool/service/company, that is if you're old enough to know The Time Before. And let us consider that while your brain--and society-wants you to think of Gen Xers as a small, do-little generation, it's important to remember how…

Fun times at AT&T

MemoriesSeptember 27, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Back when I was 20 years old and freshly landed in San Francisco after a life of idyllic suburban living and a whirlwind cross-country--and back--trip with two rather hippy-oriented young women, I found myself in need of employment. There wasn't so much "employment" for young Xers then as this was the beginning of an era of…

Playa magic vs expectations

Burning Man, ExperiencesSeptember 26, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

For those who've been to Burning Man (the big one) and regionals locally, there is this thing often called "playa magic." While I don't know of any official description, I'd offer it's in the realm of this almost-beyond-possibility frequency with which the timing of what you need and that thing/person/experience appearing showing up. It happens…

My purple & pink plaid bell bottoms

Burning Man, MemoriesSeptember 26, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Life goes up and life goes down. Events go here and events go there. Emotions and experiences and feelings of hope and belief, or despair and desperation, go up and down and here and there and all over the place. At least that has been my experience ... . In 2006 I was in just such…

There are moments …

Burning Man, ExperiencesSeptember 24, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

There are moments in life when you discover things about yourself. And others. Back in the day, I was the theme camp organizer for a lovely group of people at Burning Man (More Carrot, or the Carrots. we were), and we brought a farmers' market gifting fresh produce to people at the event, though that detail isn't…

It’s a cycle

Cultcha, GenerationsSeptember 23, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Just finished my third listen of Neil Howe's The Fourth Turning is Here. OMG, OMG, OMG. The sense this man makes. Here's a bit from the tail end of his book, in which he reminds us how each generation (each of which is a specific archetype) contributes perfectly to Society. Without the Hero (…

The right to a middle-class existence

Cultcha, GenerationsSeptember 15, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Said it before and I'll say it again: Expect more strikes and union demands as #Millennials and their team-we-us energy travels with them as they age. (They're 41 at the top end this year, 18 at the bottom.) Can you even imagine Gen Xers rallying and demanding more support, rights and protections for their generation? Hah. Never.…

Ratscallions!

Little BitsSeptember 13, 20232KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Don't you just love a good citizen patrol? Especially when one involves urban-dwelling dogs, (the Ratscallions) and their owners as they take their dogs rat hunting in particularly invested areas in NW DC, especially AdMo? Urban dog owners and rat hunting in D.C. Who knew it was a thing? Apparently, it is. Or is becoming more…

Just doing their job

MemoriesSeptember 11, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

The #GenX generation, by its archetypal nature and location in history, is an under-protected, under-acknowledged and under-appreciated generation. And that's okay. Gen Xers are a survivalist generation more focused on, well, survival, the physical world and their small band of tribe than they are on government, the collective and teams. They are also the "dirty jobs"…

Shrubs!

Little BitsSeptember 4, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I started hearing about/reading about shrubs a couple-few years ago. These are a pre-canning, pre-refrigeration way of "putting up" excess fruits (and some vegetables) from the farm or garden, mostly by way of mashing, adding sugar, letting things sit a bit then straining the fruit out, adding vinegar and--voilà--you now have a fairly shelf-stable, ready-to-use,…