Recovering Californian

Actualizing narrative since 2009, or 1975 depending on how you look at it.

Tonight! Entertainment for People!

Complete with cupcakes and Cherry Daniels!
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Dreams and Things

Last night I slept through the night. I figured out that giving Archie a hot toddy milk really conks him out and he’ll sleep and sleep and sleep. Also he’s been sleeping in a sleeping bag on the floor for the past week. He wants this and can’t wait to get into his sleeping bag. [...]

Trapped!

GET YOUR ENTERTAINMENT FOR PEOPLE TICKETS!!! DO IT.
I shouted again. But I want you to get your tickets. A lot. I want that. We like a nice, full house at our shows. And we also have the best audience in Portland. We like seeing you. So get ‘em!
One of my superpowers is getting trapped in [...]

Knitting and Working

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Sorry for the shouting.
I know all of you were sitting there wondering what I got Fancyhats for Valentine’s Day. I’m sorry I kept you up last night FREAKING OUT because you had no idea. Well, my present was less successful.
He requested a burgundy [...]

We Ate!

For V-Day, we ate. This is how Fancyhats and I celebrate holidays — we eat Fancypants foods. And then I wake up feeling incredibly guilty and 50 pounds overweight. I would like to unprogram whatever stray wire is in my brain that makes me feel like I’ve gained 50 pounds in the middle of the [...]

Happy Valentines Day!

So Sunday is Valentines Day. I bet you didn’t know that.
I’ve had sort of a mixed relationship with Valentines. I went to college at San Fransisco State in the 90’s and I wore overalls and listened to the Indigo Girls and Tori so at that point, Valentines Day was just a way for the greeting [...]

I’m Harrassing You

Okay everyone, you have just a few days left for early bird cheap tickets to Entertainment for People. So get ‘em now! After the 15th, they’re $12. So hurry!
This show is going to be so awesome. It’s everything good that Portland has to offer, from Fourever Young playing Appalachian Beach Boys tunes, sketch comedy from [...]

Sledding

Well, we went to the snow and survived! There were no fights.
We rented inner tubes and used those as sleds. I’d never heard of this before Fancyhats told me that was what we were doing. Of course, I’d only ever seen snow twice before I was 20 years old so what do I know?
The first [...]

Cranford, or Portland?

Last night I started watching the BBC miniseries, Cranford. It’s based on three books by Elizabeth Gaskell. OMG it is so funny and lovely and wonderful. I’m really enjoying it. And the best part about Cranford is when they say Cranford, I replace Cranford with Portland. They say things like, “That is not the custom [...]

Writing, Back Fence and Fiber

First off, I’m teaching a writing woo-woo class with Bridget Pilloud on February 21st. It’s a bargain, people — $25-45 sliding scale. It’s a three-hour class and we’re going to use the elements of narrative to change your story. Believe me, I did this with job stuff and it so worked. Decription here. And if [...]

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