This is Roofing Week.  We’ve needed a new roof on our house for a few years, and Yancey is up there as I type, pounding away. Our house is only 800 square feet, but you would not believe the cascade coming down.  Here–see for yourself:

And this happens to be the week when our 26-day no-rain [...]

A couple weeks ago, I had a chicken salad sandwich at Oddfellows (my office) on Capitol Hill.  I ate lunch at 10:30.  That’s a mom for you.  I had gotten up early and done a million things already, so it surely felt like lunchtime.  At the counter placing my order, none of the breakfast things [...]

Bethany came down from Bellingham to spend the day with me.  She left with Baby Emmett (who’s not really a baby anymore) about an hour ago, and I miss her already.  She brought spring onions, rhubarb, and mint from her yard, and we met up at Volunteer Park with Naomi, Isaac, and Reggie.  I love [...]

Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
          –Mary Oliver, from the poem Sometimes
Last night, after a raucous dinner at Emily’s house, Emily, Rebecca, Jordan, Aimee, and I went to see Mary Oliver at Benaroya Hall.  I’ve been reading her poems for 20 years, so last night felt like meeting someone [...]

My boss Michael knows what he wants.  That’s part of what makes him a great boss.  I don’t have to try to read his mind or wonder what he thinks of my work.  He also knows every coffee shop and cafe in the state.  He lives and works in Leavenworth, but does tons of work [...]