I’ve spent the entire morning reading review after review of John Darnielle’s Wolf in White Van, the debut novel from The Mountain Goats’ singer that was long-listed for the National Book Award. After reading each…
Date Archives 2014
Into the MP3 Deeps: Lucinda + Lydia + Liz = Longing
One of the best things about being a writer who listens to music when they write is you get to spend a lot of time thinking about and then listening to your very favorite songs…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: Am I Too Blue For You Edition
Yesterday morning I finished V3 of The Beast & immediately sent it off to Christa. I would have sent it to The Black Sheep too, but we’re meeting on Wednesday and already have some 250…
More Bitter Than Sweet
It is only now as I type that I realize I read two books back-to-back with the word ‘sweet’ in the title. Happy accident. I was attracted to Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore because it had…
Things I Discussed with the Cub Cashier & a Picture of My Cat
The first four items were discussed with the Cub Cashier as well as the ol’ hippie lady who checked ou right before I did. Whether or not I got new glasses (yes, I did. They’re…
Grandma’s House
Did I mention in all my Portland bellyaching that my mom and dad moved into Sister #2’s house? They did! Tonight was our first Family Dinner sans the 3/4ths of the Portlander’s (my brother-in-law Ben…