Two Weeks in the Life: November 21, 2020
Sometimes I feel like I have missed out on important information. Lately I’ve been mulling over how to be an involved citizen. It’s clear that letti...
Category: weekly update
A Week in the Life: November 8, 2020
This has been the longest (and most meme-filled) week of my life. I have many thoughts about the election and what comes next, so my post today will focus mostl...
A Week in the Life: November 1, 2020
Happy Halloween and happy Día de los Muertos! We didn’t do much for Halloween, what with the ongoing pandemic, but we did leave out some candy for any tri...
Two Weeks in the Life: October 24, 2020
I voted yesterday! It felt really good to finally turn in my ballot after spending a lot of time researching the issues and writing my voter guides. Speaking of...
Two Weeks in the Life: October 11, 2020
The last two weeks were a bit of a blur. I mentioned in my last post that my mother in law (and her dogs) would be staying with us. That turned out to be very c...
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 ...