Hello, 2018
2017 was a very full year. It seemed like I had something going on every weekend, which is not my normal way of living, but it worked out. We have my work-from-...
Category: the world around us
Being an Athlete
I am an athlete. That feels hard to say, but I’ve realized that whether I recognize it or not, it is a fact. Athletes train their bodies. Athletes compete...
What to Expect When You’re Divesting
I said in my last post that I would write about divesting from Bank of America. I am here to deliver. I had never really thought about where my money goes when ...
What Do We Want? Divestment
I had never gone to a protest before, until last Saturday. Things being what they are, I went to my second rally in the same week. Yesterday, I went to a “...
Blogging Through the Anger
I’m not an angry person. At least, I don’t think of myself that way. Some of my family members flare up with white-hot rage, a pyroclasticflow of ma...
2017: What Am I Doing?
It turns out that I blogged not at all this year. I was too busy doing everything else. Even though everyone around me was asking “Is 2016 the worst year ...
2016: The Year Ahead
As is my end-of-year custom, I am looking at whether I met my goals for 2015 and considering goals for 2016. I like to set goals for the year because they seem ...
Icelandic Update, or Is It Really an Update If I Haven’t Told You Before Now?
Here’s the thing: I decided to start learning Icelandic in January of this year. I had every intention of writing about the process. As even a cursory gla...
Things I’ve Been Meaning to Blog About: Roller Derby
I have been meaning to blog about roller derby for about two months now. Or maybe three months. In any case, this is the blog post about roller derby. Yesterday...
2015: The Year Ahead
This post is a little bit late becuase it took me a while to figure out just what I wanted to say about the upcoming year. I feel like I accomplised a lot in 20...