As the last day of poetry month arrived I was reading all the disturbing Arizona immigration garbage when I was momentarily distracted by something that, even in my relatively short life, I would never have imagined I’d be reading. An article about Hugo Chavez exhorting Fidel Castro and Evo Morales …
A Test
I’m aware that colors don’t suit me (color doesn’t suit me) — in real life or on blogs. I’m a black dress, black shoes and purse, with maybe a purple scarf and belt, kind of girl. I was sitting here listening to one of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts, and while …
RIP Jon Swift
When I began blogging in college I read a lot of political blogs, and Jon Swift’s was one of the better satires out there. Jon Swift whose real name (unknown to many but known to some), was Al Weisel, the “reasonable conservative who liked to write about politics and culture”, …
An Afternoon Fart
I wanted to add some color here for the dullest and darkest month of the year. Do you think there is hidden meaning in my choosing grey, with a mere touch of purple and raspberry, to color up the blog? In February 2006 I wrote a post called Bode, Bode, …
Me, Shaun White, And Weekend Notes
Evidence of the fragility of my bones came years sooner than predicted by my brother when, after being trampled by someone’s large child in the parking lot of the local ski resort on Saturday, I fell and fractured my right wrist, or distal radius as those in the know call …
