alas, poor car, you served us well
My husband's car broke for the last time and is now sitting out in front of our house. He's had that car for twenty years - as long as I've known him. I'm going to miss it. Do we buy another car? That...
View Articlemissing preschool
We had our last day of co-op preschool on Thursday. That's the end of five years in the classroom for me . . . I feel heartbroken not to be sitting in the circle and singing those songs with those...
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on the discovery of fire
After spending the better part of an hour sitting on my front steps, watching my daughter meticulously covering the same small area with sidewalk chalk, again and again, I suddenly deduced the origins...
View ArticleRumi if the month
Here is my calendar's Rumi this month. It is a riddle. Anyone care to try to guess it? I have my own guess, which I'll post in a few days to a week.You had better run from me.My words are fire.I have...
View ArticleSpeculation about Doctor Who
The series finale for Doctor Who is coming up on Saturday - that means I have only two days left for rampant speculation! Stephen Moffat, the current showrunner, has woven an extremely intricate...
View ArticleMy official Doctor Who theory post
Spoilers for all of Doctor Who Season FiveFor those who are not up on all the Doctor Who speculation - the Season Five finale airs in the UK tomorrow, Saturday. The whole season has been an enormous...
View Articlemobility issues and new home construction
One of the blogs in my reader had a post that got some wheels spinning in my head. There are some number of people living with mobility issues, who would benefit from a house designed specifically for...
View Articlethe arts and social movements
Going back to a work I studied in college - Yearning: race, gender, and cultural politics by bell hooks - I found this:Lastly, I gathered this group of essays under the heading Yearning because as I...
View Articlehome and community
One of the most broken aspects of contemporary society is the lack of community. People often give lip service to the word "community" without knowing what it was, and I did not know what it was until...
View ArticleWhat a week!
Here's my past ten days:Friday - pick up my mom from the airport, spend day packing for car trip to OregonSaturday - drive to Oregon to visit uncle, aunt, cousinSunday - drive back to SeattleMonday -...
View Articlemy life these days
It's hard to believe that I posted on July 26th about having had an overwhelmingly busy week. Since then I've purposely downkeyed it, and now I'm getting bored! Not exactly that, though - rather, I've...
View ArticleHey, where've I been?
I've been posting over at kristinking.wordpress.com. Haven't read any of the friends pages - but have been meaning to be in touch.
View ArticleTwo kids in school
So I have two kids in school now. This is HUGE.I am, of course, not doing anything I meant to. The house is a mess, the gym membership is languishing, and I haven't been writing. I haven't even been...
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Doctor Who: Attack of the Gelt
Grownups can play on Christmas too. (Click the lj cut and then scroll down to see the full animated gif.) .
View Articlewhere I'm posting
I've moved my blog. These days, I'm posting primarily over at wordpress - same username. I'll still put up Doctor-who related posts every so often, though - the Doctor Who community on livejournal is...
View Articleloved the latest Doctor Who episode
The latest Doctor Who episode, The Wedding of River Song, was great! Never would've thought I could stand the Doctor getting married, always thought of him as asexual, but I'm down. Though - is he...
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Doctor Who Carousel Ride
My Christmas Eve fun. (Click the lj cut and then scroll down to see the full animated gif.).
View ArticleDoctor Who fanfiction: Sliver of Ice
It's been quite a while since I've posted here - usually I post over at wordpress.com, same username. I got frustrated by aggressive LiveJournal ads. But I love the livejournal Doctor Who communities,...
View ArticleDoctor Who Fanfic: The Trap
Title: The TrapRating: GCharacters, 11th Doctor, Clara, the TARDISSpoiler warning: Spoilers for "The Bells of St John" and "Hide"Note: This was inspired by a speculation post I made to the Doctor Who...
View ArticleReviving an old Doctor Who speculation post
For anybody not into Doctor Who - this post will be very very boring. Skip it.I posted some speculation to the doctorwho livejournal community back in June 2010 (before "The Pandorica Opens") and...
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