What NaNoWriMo Taught Me
I always grumbled about NaNoWriMo being in November. What a shitty month to commit to completing a 50,000-word novel! It’s during the crazy sprint to the end of the year. […]
I always grumbled about NaNoWriMo being in November. What a shitty month to commit to completing a 50,000-word novel! It’s during the crazy sprint to the end of the year. […]
Germany Day 7 One of my favorite things to do in Baden-Württemberg is to attend the Landesgartenschau. “Landesgartenschau” roughly translates into a regional or state botanical exhibition. It is held […]
Germany: Day 3 I planned my annual late summer trip to Germany around my friends’ wedding this past weekend. I knew Sara and Frank’s wedding would be amazing, especially with […]
The only way I can adequately describe how Portlanders squeeze twelve months into four is to steal one of the traditional sayings about another city: “Madrid me mata.” A little […]
I will bring back the fanny pack! Fanny packs will always be awesome. What were my 90s like? It has always been my personal mythology that I was thoroughly miserable […]
I’m So Fancy: My Profile on the Oregon Literary Arts Blog Oregon Literary Arts is publishing profiles of the 2014 fellowship winners, and my heart is full of gratitude! My […]
New Kid on the Block In terms of work, nothing is harder than being unemployed. But starting a new job at a new company is a close second. This is […]
I’ll be starting a new job at the end of this week, after about 50 weeks of unemployment. It was extremely hard for me in these last months, but I […]
This past August, on the way to Germany, we planned a long layover in the Vancouver airport for the opportunity to walk around a bit in one of our favorite […]
Before you get the wrong idea, you should know this isn’t a raunchy, zany collection of zingers à la The Wedding Crashers or Bridemaids. I was asked to write a […]