Category: Life

My post last week about beavers around here caught the attention of my friend Aimee, who works for the Oregonian. She says in an email: I just wanted to send you a thank you for the posting you made last week about the beaver-fallen tree next to the Hawthorne Bridge. I thought you made a [...]

I was reminded of a few of the Things I Hate The Most on my queasy way back from Salem tonight. I am still not back to a health point where I feel awesome about venturing out of my house, but I had a midterm for my viticulture class that was non-optional, so again the [...]

M & H Typefaces for letterpress printing – Hot metal fonts I am thinking of ordering some type. (tags: letterpress type)

Last night, some guy was shot in the parking lot of the Wild Oats on Capitol Highway, then dumped next to Kes and Aileen’s house in Hillsdale. From KGW&: Just before midnight, central precinct officers found the man’s body at a Legacy Hospital hospice center at 6171 SW Capitol Highway. Sgt. Brian Schmautz said it [...]

Mr. Pencil went ahead and ordered this art for us. I have long been a fan of Ms. Dittmar’s art and am thrilled finally to be able to have one in my house. Who wouldn’t like this whale? I mean, come on. We’re going to go look at it after work (well, after wine tasting).

Mr. Pencil and I are members of the Ponzi wine club, which means we get quarterly shipments of two bottles. Mr. usually drives out there and picks them up–in fact, he picked up our two fall bottles yesterday, which were, somewhat disappointingly, a reserve Chardonnay and a Nebbiolo. Wine Spectator (subscription) just published a front-page [...]

I have to admit, I feel self-conscious like 9th grade. My new glasses are very bold and I’m not sure it they rock or make me look like Garth from Wayne’s World. I’m fairly certain they can’t look awesome if I don’t believe they look awesome (that whole self-assurance thing). Vicious cycle! Poor Lyza. It’s [...]

Thank you Autumn, for playing the shoe game. This is the winning shoe. It’s me-ish, see.

I work at home one day per week. Formerly this was Fridays, but I moved it to Wednesdays because of our viticulture class. There are some things I like about being here:  It’s raining. I can see it coming down from my perch here in my library, with the city in the background. Then it [...]

I was on my daily constitutional, minding my own business and listening to a lecture about the racial constructs of 17th- and 18th-century Latin American and Brazilian societies on my iPhone, expecting the rain to start at any moment, when, lo! I pass the fire station located right next to the Hawthorne Bridge along the [...]