Be less still, my beating heart
I really have a terrible time getting enough symptoms lined up to interest a doctor. [...]
At least a crown of thorns doesn’t weigh much
Here’s a thing. Popes may be transported on the sedia gestatoria fastened on a suppedaneum [...]
You can’t always keep a good pope down
Benedict, the papist formerly known as Pope Benedict, has died, in a development deemed unremarkable [...]
Keeping Portland Murderers Weird
Last post I mentioned that Portland hasn’t kept up in the mass-murder category. And I [...]
Oh. Holy Night!
So our corner of the Bomb Cyclone came in right on schedule. It was sort [...]
Fourteen is an insufficient number of degrees
Picture it. A man stands backlit against the setting sun, his hands pressed at the [...]
Let There Be Lights
I don’t know what happened. I went from being someone who wanted Christmas slathered all [...]
Pete Seeger or Nancy Reagan? Hmm.
I had a lot of old ladies on my mail route. I loved my old [...]
The Sidecat
Let’s set the scene. Someone has knocked at our door and Tater Cat has, as [...]
Son of Stud
Studley Some of you might be wondering how Project New Chickadee came out. [...]
The Lord of Loam, Second Dump
We left our story with an alley jammed full of compost. I’d blocked off a [...]
The Lord of Loam
Well this was exciting. I was all set to do my Lasagne Garden. That’s where [...]
Unmuting the underworld
If a caecilian blorts in a burrow and there’s nobody underground to hear it, does [...]
Cobble, Discarded Humans, and Other Detritus
An impressive pile of potato-sized rocks squats in a corner of my yard. This is [...]
Don’t lend me anything you care about
Anna, our renter, is very mature. I’m overripe but that is not the same thing. [...]