My brain is still agog with joy at this morning’s SCOTUS ruling that marriage is a fundamental right for all. I have never understood the opposition to marriage equality. It served no purpose, protected no one and simply served to make some families lesser-than. Today’s ruling corrected that injustice. And I can honestly say I …
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Really?!?
I generally avoid wading into shark-infested waters, but sometimes things people say are so egregious that I just can’t ignore them. If you are not in the mood for a rant I encourage you to just skip this blog post. I am sure that once I get this out of my system, my posts will …
Over the hump
Last week was fairly tough for me emotionally, but I seem to be over the worst of it. In fact, I even got out and walked yesterday and it seems very likely I will get out today as well. If for no other reason then I need my bike tomorrow and the tires need some air. …
Anticipation
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoLoyg3JKRQ] I remember when I first learned the meaning of the word anticipation. Back in the dark ages (sometimes referred to as the ’70s), there was a Heinz ketchup commercial that used Carly Simon’s song. Given the music my mother listened to, I am sure I had heard it a million times before then, but …
Humans are easily trainable and make good pets
One of my favorite books ever is called “Diary of a Wombat” by Jackie French. It is a hilarious tale of a wombat who lives “with” a family who take care of it, although not entirely of their own free will. The punchline of the book is the wombat declaring in his/her diary that humans …
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Baby-colored glasses
Yesterday David and I took a mini roadtrip and drove to Astoria with a breakfast stop in Woodland, WA. Woodland has a great local diner (with pumpkin pancakes in the spring, who knew?!?!?!?!) along with tulip and lilac festivals. After a delicious breakfast, we headed off in search of the lilac festival. We were told …
Spring cleaning on steroids
Passover starts tonight, but the preparation has been going on for a while. Jews have been working on getting rid of all leavened foods for the past month in preparation for the holiday. This cleaning process includes vacuuming out cars and cleaning out those corners of your cabinets where all of the crumbs accumulate. This year …
Rules and Consequences
I know I said previously that I was kind of over traveling and wanted to stay in Portland for at least a month. I can say with confidence that I am very likely to achieve that goal (not willing to say anything more definitive than that lest I disturb the Imps of Complacency, p’tui, p’tui). …
Thoughts from my Theater Extravaganza
I know it has been too long since my last post and please accept my apologies for that. Life has been hectic and although there has truly been much in my life that has been blogworthy (e.g. a trip to the Galapagos Islands, a cruise to Belize and Conzumel with my AgileBits peeps followed immediately …
Thwarted
Things had been going so well…that is…until the powers that be started pushing back. Last week, I walked everyday and logged over twenty miles. However, my Friday walk was thwarted by a downpour. I didn’t think I was just a fair weather walked because I have walked in drizzles before. But, when the rain started really coming …