Okay, I don't even know what that means. All I know is I got busted zoning out yesterday. Here's how that went:ME: Come on, dude! It's JUST a potato.STEVEN: Mom, who are you talking to?ME: The microwave.THREE POSITIVES:1- Just bought tickets to Barrett's documentary screening tomorrow night at the Portland Art Museum. I'm making the …
Caution for weekend: Don’t drink science
Planning on binge drinking some serious science this weekend? Looks like you might be able eat science, too. Hope you all have a marv weekend of consuming things that are edible.THREE POSITIVES:1- Liv and I had the best date last night. We (gasp) went shopping. I hate shopping, but I needed jeans. When I looked …
Tribute Thursday goes to Barrett Rudich
Funny how some mistakes just aren’t. I dialed a wrong number 14 years ago, and Barrett Rudich answered. I thought I was dialing Portfolio, an agency that staffs creatives. But instead, I reached Portfolio Productions, Barrett’s creative services company. “What kind of job are you looking for?” he said. “Copywriter,” I said. “I hire copywriters!” …
It’s hot mess Wednesday
Was there a random weirdo moon out last night? We all woke up out of sorts. Brian and I jumped Steven's case over his lackluster lunch-eating skills. Liv woke up whimpering and dissolved in a steady string of tears over the same subject. I started to get jumped up about the morning until I saw …
The runaway week
My week ran way faster than any runaway bunny. Letting go is yet another cancer-inspired lesson, so I'm not busting my own chops over the fact that I did not write "Tribute Thursday" this week. You know why? Because my friend Trina closed her eyes when I took her picture. She's fabulous and like no …
It’s Tribute Thursday: Here’s to Xena the Warrior Princess
Something overcame me in the fall of last year. I couldn’t stop thinking about my dream dog. The thing is, I didn’t even want a dog. I wanted this dog. Ever since I met a bull terrier named Plait in Copenhagen in the ‘80s, I had been obsessed with those pointy dogs. So I started …
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This Jackie starts stuff
It’s Tribute Thursday ya’ll! That means I share a portrait of the people who make the world a better place, especially our world. So here goes…Just after an art director called my portfolio “unfortunate,” I met Jackie Mathys. She was supplying creative talent to the Portland advertising world, which I wasn’t exactly setting on fire. …
Borrowed sun
All kinds of stuff happens when the sun comes out around here, but it's a loaner sun. We're going to have to give it back soon. So you better get out there. Saturday, I got Lucky. Just in case you're thinking TMI, Lucky's a thoroughbred. If I morphed my sweet dog into a horse, she …
Live from Meltdown City
With all the grumpiness around here, you could say things are getting back to normal. The kids each blew their tops this weekend. Brian and I started a cleanse, which is making us crazy hungry like all the time. But, hey, I dropped four pounds since Monday. Does a pizza weigh four pounds? Imagine if …
Marking time
When I helped with our school's Tour de Ladd bike race fundraiser this morning as Street Close Girl, I realized this time last year, Sari found out she had cancer. I was close behind. So we're coming up on a year, and I'm feeling like the trap door opened and dumped me out on asphalt …
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