Voter Guide: 2020 California and Presidential Election Edition
Finally, after the longest year/pandemic/election campaign of our lives, it’s time to vote. I have seen, in my feeds, a lot of discourse about how effecti...
Author: Lindsey
A Week in the Life: September 27, 2020
I’m sure you are all waiting for a follow up on the ants in the pantry situation. The ants have been beaten back. We had pest control come on Tuesday to s...
A Week in the Life: September 20, 2020
Yesterday evening I discovered that our pantry was overrun by ants. I pulled out a fairly sticky bottle of honey only to discover that it was covered in them—ju...
A Week in the Life: September 13, 2020
Greetings from the apocalypse. The whole western United States is on fire or shrouded in smoke, so this blog is live from the end times. I’m kicking mysel...
A Week in the Life: September 6, 2020
In a surprising twist, I am writing this just about a week after my last post. Will this mark the return of weekly blogging? I’m not counting on it, but i...
Some Amount of Time in the Life: August 28, 2020
I have spent the last few weeks with an eye on the weather and the fire map. First we had extreme heat, then dry lightning storms. Now, as Californians already ...
Some Amount of Time in the Life: August 16, 2020
This year’s onslaught of things that can kill us rages on. It’s 92 degrees at the time of this writing: 9:30 a.m (note: now that I’ve finished...
Some Amount of Time in the Life: July 29, 2020
One of the shitty things about pandemic life is that every malady seems to augur impending doom. Kirk has had a bit of a cough, which we are both highly suspici...
Some Amount of Time in the Life: July 10, 2020
It’s been a little difficult to convince myself to write lately because it doesn’t feel like I’ve done anything noteworthy. Days are running t...
Two Weeks in the Life: June 21, 2020
I have this feeling lately like I’m the one being crazy for worrying about coronavirus. Despite the State of California now requiring people to wear a mas...