It's an innocent, friendly little question, but I despise it: "How have you been?" What else can I expect someone to say when...

A semi-secret: I gave up coffee for Lent. Going in, it was a bit of a scary sacrifice. I didn't say much about it to friends or famil...

So I've cleared off the cement pad next to my house (originally intended to house a kennel, I think), and I'm getting ready to set...

This week we had a going away party for one of my co-workers. We took her out for drinks and appetizers at a local Mexican restaurant not fa...

You all know by now that I have a wee tendency to overanalyze, right? Like...a LOT? At this point, I kinda have several pencil sharpeners....

Just a tiny fragment of the delights on hand at The Tea Lady in Olympia, WA.   It had been awhile since I spent a Saturday just wanderi...

Likely due to the pandas in my last post, last night I dreamed I was at a large Wintergrass-like gathering at a hotel, but in addition to my...

When I was at Goodwill today, they had a few big bags of brand new round pencils with little pandas on them, probably half a gross for $5. Q...

This is the one and only photo I took: my scribbling and caffeination supplies for a morning of jotting down memories. I spent Feb 27-Mar...

Starting a new Field Notes this weekend for my daily doings log. This will be an important one, since Wintergrass , the big indoor bluegrass...