Bluegrass Bach
Clearly what Bach needs is more banjo. Actually, I’m delighted by how well the mandolin and banjo work in The Punch Brothers’ rendition. They are reminiscent of harpsichord.
Making Grandma’s Pimento cheese
I grew up saying “pimenna” cheese and loved eating it on celery stalks or as pimento cheese sandwiches. Outside the South, it doesn’t exist. I knew Grandma made it, instead of buying the store variety, but I’d never tried until today. Here is, roughly, Grandma’s recipe translated to the Pacific Northwest ingredients. She said she
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Harriet is home from the dentist
Man, I thought the cats were whiney when we took the food up last night, I had no idea how bad it would get. Harriet woke us up at 2 this morning and wouldn’t stop yowling until I locked her in the bathroom. Correction, she didn’t stop then either, she was just muffled. Of course,
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Snaggle-tooth cat
The cats are whining because we’ve taken the food bowls up for the night. We don’t normally do this but Harriet is going in to the vet tomorrow to have a tooth removed. Since we got her she has had the worst breath of any cat I’ve ever known. They just get hard food but
Selling some of my vintage dress collection
I’ve collected vintage clothes for years and have to acknowledge a lack of closet space. It seems a shame to keep these lovelies in the dark when there are people who could be enjoying them. So, I’m selling some of my vintage dress collection. First up is a cream silk dress from the 1920s. Approximate size
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SHORT FICTION: “Tomorrow and Tomorrow” at Apex Magazine
I have a story in this month’s issue of Apex magazine. I should probably mention that “Tomorrow and Tomorrow” is SF horror and nothing like Shades of Milk and Honey. Here’s the teaser. The moment Tuyet walked into the Dagenais’s compartment, she knew something was different. The usual pack of dogs swarmed around her, distracting
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Date night plus Red
Rob and I had a date night tonight and went up to McMennamin’s Kennedy School to watch Red. The theater was surprisingly packed for a Sunday night, which I attribute to folks wanting to squeeze the last enjoyment out of the holiday weekend. Red was silly fun. I have a surprising fondness for explosion films
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First lines of 2010
I love this meme. Here’s the first lines from my first blog post of each month of 2010. It turns out to be a fascinating look at how my life has changed over the past couple of years. Even just looking at the first lines in 2010 shows that I did a lot of travel
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New Year’s Day 2011
The first day of 2011 was a very pleasant one. Yesterday Rob and I stayed in and did a thorough cleaning of the apartment. This included moving furniture away from the walls and attacking the dust bunny colonies that were in hiding. In the evening, we opened a split of a champagne from 1989. For
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Equine Joy Fest?
Oh, the things one runs across while researching. Consider the title of this act, which would not play today but was popular 100 years ago: Fink’s Mules, billed as “the World’s Equine Joy Fest.” Apparently as performers they were very polite and considerate.
Grandma puts entering a new decade into perspective
As the aughts wind down with 2010, Rob reminded me that 2011 will be Grandma’s second time entering the teens. She was born in 1905. I know this and yet the mind boggles anyway. She remembers the Titanic, WWI, Woodrow Wilson, medicine shows, getting the mail by train once a week. We were talking while
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Ten things I’ve done that you probably haven’t
A couple of weeks ago, Scalzi posted a list of “10 Things I’ve Done That You Probably Have Not” and I thought, that sounds like fun. The idea is to think of things that I’ve done which are unusual. Clearly, other people have done several things on this list but most of you probably have
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Boy… Mom and I really DO look alike
There are photos from when we were the same age as little girls that look like the same child in different clothes.
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2010 Year End Fiction wrap-up
As 2010 winds down, it’s time for the annual fiction review. This was a great year because for the first time I get to put a novel on my list. I still feel like this is someone else’s life. By the way, if you are reading for awards this year and want to read something
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Portlandia: The Dream of the 90s
I just ran across this video which I sort of love because it pokes fun at Portland with so much love. Watch it and if you live here you’ll know exactly what I mean. Apparently it’s promoting a t.v. series called Portlandia.
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