Heat Weirdlastname The Pacific Northwest and its Canadian neighbor are shattering temperature records. The highest temperature ever recorded in Canada happened this week, and it’s possible that by the itme you read this, it will be broken again. Not only are the highs higher than ever, but it’s more sustained than ever, sometimes each day breaking the … Read more
I decided to change the recurring title of these posts to give a small idea of what’s in them. I’m not going back and editing over a year’s worth of them, but that will be in place from today forward. Anyway. I’m in a decluttering challenge, and it was time for the candy to be … Read more
If all goes according to plan, I have a podcast that will be live on July 14—Ordinary Chaos. This post was born in that project, but the takeaway isn’t about the podcast. Hang with me. Ordinary Chaos has several different threads within it, but the overall premise is that people don’t need to be famous to … Read more
Yesterday would have been my friend Michelle’s 45th birthday, if cancer hadn’t taken her when she was 38. Yesterday, a friend had a memorial service across the country for her mom who died of cancer earlier this year. They were both from the same state which made their coinciding date stick out to me more … Read more
On a tour at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, while looking at the equipment and reproductions of the photographs that were used to discover Pluto, we learned about Clyde Tombaugh, the man behind the discovery. The story as I remember it is that Percival Lowell believed there to be another planet because of oddities in … Read more
Not too long ago, I started a series of posts about teas I have been drinking from a local tea house, Loose Leaf Tea Market. I’m a big fan of supporting local businesses, I’m a big fan of organic tea, and this place was both. I joined their affiliate program and shared a bit about … Read more
Thank goodness for YouTube. I mean, maybe I would have figured out how to put the attachment for my macro light on my lens, but it seems unlikely. The directions told me details about the eight different attachments and that I should choose the right one. They did not tell me how to choose the … Read more
In college, I had a repetitive stress injury that prevented me from playing my flute. A year later, an ear infection caused me to go deaf in my right ear. In addition to seeing medical doctors, I went to see a therapist. At the time, my relationship with my family was a mess. No one … Read more
Climbing Daddy and I were talking about mulching a small part of the back yard and got to talking about wood versus rubber mulch. I’m generally not a fan of rubber mulch. It’s made from tires and has all kinds of crap in it that’s not good for plants and not good for kids to … Read more
I was walking around the neighborhood (again … always) and noticed these little flower/weeds in the sidewalk. I went back later with my camera. There’s so much to see, even in places where we go frequently. If you look around right now, what do you notice that you haven’t noticed before? And one other that … Read more