My Life
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It’s Chives’ 10th Adoptaversary!
Ten years ago today, Chives showed up in our backyard, and managed to somehow instantly ambush Ken’s heart. We couldn’t bear to leave him out in the rain, sitting in our chives plant.…
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Fine Tuning My Online Presence, Again. (Yes it’s TL;DR)
As we get older, we should all be constantly reviewing what is taking up space in our houses, and in our minds. Our time becomes more precious every day.
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International Octopus Day
One of my favorite holidays of the year falls on October 8th (Octo 8!) It's a day that brings out the creativity in artists, writers and sea creature enthusiasts around the world.
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Queer Sci Fi’s newest LGBTQ+ speculative fiction anthology is here
Queer Sci Fi's newest LGBTQ+ speculative fiction anthology is here: Clarity. And there's a giveaway.
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Clarity
I'm happy to announce that my flash-fiction story, "Magic Mirror" was chosen for this year's Queer Sci-Fi anthology.
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Sixth and Lenora
The Sixth and Lenora Building wasn't always called that. When I worked there in 1989-1991, it was called the United Airlines Building.
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Seattle Stories: Turning 21
Do you remember what you did on your 21st birthday? I do. I just don't remember WHERE.
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Seattle Stories: The Granada
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadda, here I'm living at, The Granada.
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Seattle Stories: The Brasserie Pittsbourg
Playing tourist for a day in old Seattle.
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Seattle Stories: The Salmon and the Turtle
Who remembers when there was an apartment at the top of the Space Needle?
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Seattle Stories: Bordello Buddies
Meta levels of Seattle Vintage: Here's a fake-vintage "1877" photo taken of me and my besties at Sundance Photo Parlor in downtown Seattle, in 1977.
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Seattle Stories: Finishing School
Once upon a time, when I was 21, I went to Finishing School. I really did.
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Seattle Stories: Fat Tuesday
Fat Tuesday, 1977. Seattle's first one! My roommate and I wandered around in a happy, slightly-tipsy daze, not looking for anything in particular, yet somehow finding plenty of everything.
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Seattle Stories: Lattice Entertain You
This story is a bit long but I hope you find it worth the read. There’s a twisty ending and shocking photos, oh my!
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Seattle Stories: Credit Where Credit’s Due
The misadventures of a young independent woman in the mid-1970s trying to get a credit card.
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Seattle Stories: My Year of Living Dangerously
It's the Summer of 1978. I'm at the edge of Lake Washington along with hundreds of other revelers. It's Seafair.
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Aplets and Cotlets and Farewell, Oh My
Iconic candies created in Washington State: Almond Roca, Frangos, and Aplets & Cotlets. And I love them all. when I was much younger, my mom got me hooked on Aplets & Cotlets, a…
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Caribou Farms Annual Report
As the veggie garden, grapevines, raspberry patch, herb gardens and scattered mints wind down for the season, my harvesting and foraging is nearly done for 2020. I thought I would share this year’s…
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A Guided Tour of My Girl Cave
When we moved into this house 2ish years ago, our lifestyle changed a *lot*. This house is newer, better built and well maintained, unlike the old house. It even has a spacious, well-landscaped…
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Which Came First? The Chicken or the Pen?
As much as I’ve always loved the original rustic chicken logo created in 2009 by a friend, I felt it was time for an update. Even though I’m not an artist, and clumsy…
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Seattle Stories: Learning To Adult
This is going to be personal and probably a little maudlin. By way of explanation, a younger relative of mine is on the cusp of one of life’s greatest adventures – waving farewell…
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Happy New Year?
Try googling ‘alone on new years eve’ and you’ll be inundated with article titles that include the words ‘cope’, ‘freaking out’, ‘hate’, ‘depressed’ and ‘survive’. Really? Really? I love New Years eve. And…
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Social “Me”-dia
Social Media. Me. Unlike peanut butter and chocolate, these are not easily blended. I use social media constantly, daily, but I’m always uneasy about it. I’m familiar with the mechanics of Facebook, Twitter,…
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Seattle Stories: 2012, meet 1977. I think you two might get along.
I have been inadvertently plunged back into the 1970’s this weekend. Firstly, I learned yesterday that one of the biggest influences on the evolution of my sense of humor, Peter Bergman, 1/4 of…
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Antisocial Networking
(sometimes gossip, assumptions and the overwhelming ‘everywhereness’ of the web gets to me. This is one of those days. Just unloading a bit so I can move along.) “… so Molly’s a bit…
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Hay Internet? Sign up or sign in on THIS.
I am having an odd day online. It must be something that’s come un-set on my computer, cause this many websites and two different browsers can’t all go braindead at once, can they?…
