Almost despite itself, by degrees Eugene is warming to summer. The rain fades — or at least skips a day. We must look ahead, though. We must get out the summer clothes, tuck away the bulky winter wear — leaving an obligatory fleece nearby, of course. And we must allow ourselves to surrender to the … Read More
I nearly got clever and counted these. "That'd make a cool caption!" I thought. Then I realized it'd just make me cry. Not really cry. But you get my drift. That's a lot of typing, packed on one shelf. A notebook first found its way into my pocket in 1995. I was a college freshman, … Read More
Sunshine, you make me want berries. And salad. And grilled meat. This far-too-wet, far-too-gray spring finally brightens into a nascent summer. I'm sure that, like me, you Dear Reader are feeling the palate shift, feeling a hunger, a need, for comfort, sustenance, and conviviality that comes only from summer food. The sky clears and the … Read More
Working on/Coming soon Food & Drink: Brown Ale homebrew (a little bit of Newcastle Brown Ale, a little bit of Rogue Nut Brown Ale) Writing: Typing All the Damn Notebooks Food & Drink: Cookbook review Eugene/Northwest: Summer activities and goings-on. The occasional appearance of an odd yellow-orange disc in the sky? Please comment, tweet … Read More
Local waterfowl have now been rained on so much, they're dissolving. If the rain ever stops, it just might become summer here. Eugene has wet winters, we all know that. And spring is fickle, temperamental — but this spring has been a damp, chilly monsoon. Rain does not fall, it attacks. The world is green, … Read More
