January 2016 – The Bloggess

You really are, you know.

I have a picture on my phone from four years ago. I took it in the back offices of a bookstore when I was panicking and pacing and trying to calm down so I could go out and do a reading. And in the middle of my panic I looked up and saw a cardboardContinue reading “You really are, you know.”

Get ready to waste a good hour.

My friend, Christine, introduced me to Dreamscope where you can add filters to your photos. Not normal filters though. Stuff like, “What would I look like if I was made out of gummi bears?” or “What if the world turned into raspberries?” An hour later and I have a million variations of me. Get ready toContinue reading “Get ready to waste a good hour.”

For David. For you.

I’ve been carrying this around since yesterday and I wasn’t sure if I was going to write about it, but if it affected me then maybe it will affect you, so here goes. There’s a guy named David who you probably know, but probably also don’t know. He’s been part of our community for at leastContinue reading “For David. For you.”

The happiest four words. The saddest four words.

Conversation with Victor at lunch: Victor: I read something about a contest where you have to come up with the saddest story in just four words, and I think I’ve nailed it. me: Okay. Hit me. Victor: “She loved someone else.” me: Ooh, that is a good one. How about… “She’d forgotten his smell”. Victor:Continue reading “The happiest four words. The saddest four words.”

Endings and beginnings

Are you a fan of Sandman? Because you should be. But if you’re like me you were afraid that the recent(ish) The Sandman: Overture couldn’t possibly be as good as the old books that rearranged your mind, and so you put off reading it because of that fear. I finally read it this week andContinue reading “Endings and beginnings”

DNA. What is it good for?

This isn’t a funny post. It’s just me talking. My sister and I do genealogy stuff for fun and we’ve gone through libraries and records and websites and cemeteries, but a lot of time we hit dead ends. It’s fascinating to pull up the lives of these people we never met and try to figureContinue reading “DNA. What is it good for?”