So, we got the technical sheets for Rocky Pond’s new wines, and I feel the urge to put them in my portfolio, because it’s my first official Paid Gig writing tasting notes…. And yes, it’s exactly as wine-nerd as you’d think. For the 2015 Mourvedre: “Cedar, allspice and a hint of leather suggests an austerity […]
Wine Nerding for Fun and Profit…. Read More »
Mainly because I’m trying to figure out how best to use my energy, going forward. Lots to be done, to keep the country I love from becoming a country I can no longer claim. And so it feels weird and horrible to be doing this, but life goes on, and I need to pay for
Yesterday I went to visit a friend who has been hospitalized for more than a week with a yet-undiagnosed illness (they’re ruled out most of the truly terrifying things, but not-knowing takes its own toll). I was reminded, quite starkly, of my own week’s+ hospitalization nearly 20 years ago, and my recent stint in the
There are people who use a bicycle for fun, people who bike for exercise, and people who bike for transport. I am – for the most part – in the last category, with the second category being an unexpected but appreciated bonus, and the first requiring some sort of destination (which brings it back to
the joys of biking…. Read More »
40 people killed in Lebanon’s bombing Thursday. A still-being-counted number of dead in the Paris attacks last night. I was in Manhattan on 9/11, within the shut-down zone. I know some of what goes through your head, how your heart races, and your brain is never quite the same afterward. And I know that there
I am not Paris. I am not Lebanon. I was New York. Read More »
Photos from Saturay’s randomactsorg #ActLocal, cleaning up Seattle’s Katie Black’s Garden.  5 hours of hard work, but as we went along, a dozen or more people walked their dogs through the park, stopped, looked around, and said “thank you, you guys are amazing.†And you know what?  We are.  :-) Most of the crew (minus
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The Plan, as I’ve been calling it, has been several years in the making, and is comprised of several phases. Phase 1: Move to the west coast. Phase 2: Take over the wine industry. Okay, so it’s wee baby steps to taking over the wine industry. But I’ve been offered a part-time job helping run
The Plan Commences (for the usual fee, plus expenses) Read More »
This weekend, I am not at ECCC or at the Supernatural convention happening in town.  Mainly because I didn’t get my act together in time to deal with either.  So it goes.  The weekend seems to be filled with Stuff to Do, anyway.  Imagine that.  :-) Life is chaotic, and a little stressy, but good.  This diagram
Heading into the Weekend… Read More »
Today’s WiP darling: “She had grown up in proximity to the devil; power had been as present in the air she breathed as the sulphured smoke from the blacksmith’s forge.” I may kill it later. But for now, we’re in love. :-) 2000 new words and I’m finally starting to feel, nearly 25,000 words in,
Everybody’s working through the weekend… Read More »
I was raised a Jew: I measure things from sunset to sunset. Today is the last day of 2014, but tonight is the first night of 2015. 2014 was…mostly a year of waiting and planning. Â But it was also a year of waiting and planning toward a purpose: a new city, a new series, a
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