The Green Room

I just found out that Fleet Foxes will be performing in Portland next week, and that the show is already sold out. Sigh. Maybe next time.

This once proud vessel has become a floating psycho-ward.

The library recently did a series of seminars on various works of medieval literature. The one that I was really looking forward to was Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, since it was the only one of the texts that I hadn’t read before, and it was of course the one seminar I missed due [...]

Extreme sheepherding! (Shamelessly stolen from the Other Elizabeth.)

Emptying out and reorganizing my drawers has produced two piles of more or less equal size: stuff to be gotten rid of, and stuff that needs mending. I think I am going to spend the afternoon with the latter, and the first disk of Deep Space 9.

The worst thing about when my joints give out isn’t the pain or the frustration, it’s the embarrassment. Ryan is right there, being kind and helpful, and I just want to snarl at him and tell him to go away. I know it would be easier just to let you carry me, or to bring [...]

Click at your own peril. Seriously. The only words I can use to describe this video are “bad bakery porn.”

I’ve been having a minor freakout all week because Angus had an all-day vet appointment today, to get his teeth cleaned. I lost a pet once (a rabbit) under anesthesia, and while I know the physiognomy is different, I was still nervous. But I am happy to report that the kitten is home safe and [...]

The last will and testament of my great-great-great..(I think there’s about 13 or so of these)..great-great grandmother: In ye Name of God Amen I Elizabeth Howland of Swanzey in ye County of Bristoll in ye Collony of Plymouth in New Engld being Seventy nine yeares of Age but of good & perfect memory thanks be [...]

On the Equinox, we changed out our flannel sheets for some sage green microfiber ones. Yesterday I cleaned the bathroom all the way down to the floor, and Ryan did the same for the kitchen. My plan tonight is to start going through my dresser and my closet and picking out all the clothes that [...]