I spent this weekend freezing learning Wilderness First Aid. I say freezing, but I was not actually freezing, just cold. We had to keep the doors open for ventilation since there were so many stran...

Yesterday, I went with a friend to see Annie! the musical, performed by our local children’s musical theater. The production was put on in the ampitheater of a church, and they put on a great show...

I’m thinking a lot about who gets to live. tl:dr This devolves pretty quickly into me trying to understand how much of public policy and politics I have to pay attention to. Like, if I’m poor, ma...

I loudly declare that my favorite bird is the Oregon Dark-eyed Junco - pretty much all the time. These little sparrows have been my favorite for a few years now, and I’m sure it is mostly because ...

This morning, I was a little afraid to look outside. Not that I thought there might be zombies or anything. I was afraid to see more trees and branches down. That’s where I’m at these days, in fe...

I read a lot last year - managed to log 86 books, and I know that there were a couple that I read through on the recliner and never even put in my journal. I recorded one DNF. Several of these boo...

Last night, the hubs and I were doing laps around the pool table. Like, literally just walking around it - as it is the only place to make a convenient circle in the house. We have been so cooped ...

I listen to a lot of podcasts. I love audio as a medium. Video is too much for me, and reading requires me to be still. When I can, I prefer audio. Here are a few podcasts that I was listening to ...

This is the first day of the year. This is the first post of the site. These two things are related in that the latter happens on the former. Woo hoo. I have started and restarted blogging many...

Last month, I set out to get a real handle on my budget. Mostly, I was driven to do this because my sister was doing it and was all excited about her new budget. You know what? I was proud. I thoug...