I've read a lot of books. Mostly as a child, teen, college student and--erg, um, well, then it kinda dropped off for a bit until I got scolded by a low-schooled-yet-erudite man who…
I am aware, of course, of the VAST vastvastvastvast uptick in products available, the Made-in-China-fication of production and how products are much more accessible for purchase than they were in my childhood and…
When I was a child in the early ‘70s, there were few-and-far-between resources aimed at kids and little media and content aimed at children. (We were Xers after all and at the bottom…
Her Mind. 'Tis the name of a magazine, not promises of insight in a female-identifying person. Other than if you were to want to read the magazine's article about me and my role…
We have a family tradition of conking Easter eggs and having a friendly competition about it. My mother figured out how we could carry on the tradition by zoom, so she set about…
Awww. Here's me and my mom, Eileen. Back in the early days of my prior contra-dance obsession, at one of the themed balls (mid-aughts).
Hah! I still have that gown, and I still wear…
Super lovely party in Annapolis last night. Cj and I have some sort of magic going on: he's got the space and the set up thing and while his home is lovely, he…
RIP, Larry Harvey, founder of Burning Man. Your vision, dedication, bad*ssery and ability to adapt in the face of constant change has changed my life in ways I could never imagine but of…
Well, how do you like them apples? After an afternoon peppered with beyond-frustrating experiences trying to get my deceased father's Verizon accounts squared up (including numerous calls that ended up in voicemail-option loophole-hell,…
Today was the day.
It made the most sense. My sister was in town from the Bay Area; it was an easy day for my brother to come into Columbia; and, well, it just…
I had a time in my life when I spent my days intimately involved with a small group of people who were utterly and completely dedicated to personal development and understanding--best folks could--the…
OK, who is familiar with the fictional works of Caleb Carr , a brilliant writer? A couple of decades ago, I read a handful of his Victorian era books (The Alieniest, then came…