Way to go Sox!
That, and I’m endlessly impressed by Terry Francona.
Bring on the champagne, and bring on the Rockies!

Terri and I attended a longstitch journal bookbinding workshop yesterday afternoon, and here’s what I ended up with. I’m quite pleased with how it turned out, and I would love to try my hand at more.
After the class, Terri was in need of caffeine, so she had a chai latte at Simon’s Cafe. After […]

It’s not just how perfectly their songs fit a uncertain, shadowy October night.
And I don’t think it’s completely about their sense of melody, though it does tend to favor the minor keys and gorgeous changes, wending in and around terrain that surprises and satisfies my very simple lizard brain.
Plus Aurelio Valle’s vocals, man. Like […]

While reading and putting off the inevitable list of chores I promised myself I’d tackle on this grey day off, a series of squacks and squeeks outside made me turn my head to see what was up. A woman was leading three little ones, all clad in bright raingear, up the street, and as she […]

I was trying to decide which brand of zip-top bag was cheapest, when a woman’s voice came up behind me saying, “I am sick and TIRED of your SHIT, lady.” I wondered what I’d done wrong. She put her hand on my shoulder, which made me more nervous. “Oh, not you, sorry. It’s that damn […]