Bright yellow daffodils and budding buckeyes. Brilliant sunlight and a barrage of birds. Bubbling springs and a bounce in my step. The bard owl hoots and the beagle bellows. Businesses re-open. [...]
Hiking down the mountain to retrieve my mail, I had a realization: I think I have applied for enough jobs, residencies, and fellowships for the time being. Hiking back up the mountain, I had a [...]
My schedule as a newly, fully self-employed writer has been roughly that of a school day. Work from 8am-12noon on freelance writing and Lost Crossings related work. Sometimes this is business-y [...]
Redbeard says he’s falling in love with me and I say no, No. We cannot do this. Oh, the coin of love is so startlingly two-sided. I have never before been in this position, nor is it one I am [...]
Bear with me, please. I am breaking up with Redbeard and I received a shitty email from my former employer this afternoon. Also, the house was shown today. The potential buyer was my age and had [...]
(I promise I won’t always write about physical fitness and martial arts. I’m just on a “kick.”) Here goes my third round of self-designed training since I started late [...]
Standing at attention, Hanshi began with a quiz on the basics: What is the name of your style? What does each Japanese word mean in English? Then a fill-in-the-blank run down of all our major [...]
Been studying for my green belt test since dinnertime this evening. Time to call it quits…but not before posting these corrections to the self test I prepared earlier in the week. This is [...]
Ladies and Gentleman… {drums please} Shane Darwent and Katey Schultz are pleased to announce that a donation in the amount of $490 was received on this day, March 5, 2009, for the express [...]