This year I’ve been reading a list of banned books that came with a banned book jigsaw puzzle I received from a friend. It’s a long-ish list, and I’m skipping the twelve titles I’ve read before. For new reading, I’ve completed 20 books, most recently It’s Perfectly...

Do you sometimes have a bunch of interesting new things cross your path in a matter of hours? That’s happened to me in the past 24. I am taking it as a signal to reach outside of my known existence and check out this amazing stuff first-hand!   I hope it’s...

Last week’s conversation was about hubris. This week I’m exploring another vocabulary-building word: hiatus.   According to the online dictionary Oxford Languages, hiatus (noun) is “a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.”   What sequence, series...

I am in the last two days of rehearsal for Sister Catherine of the Sisters of Providence, my new Living History presentation, launching at Fort Walla Walla Museum this Sunday at 2 P. It’s probably impossible to portray a Catholic nun without giving some thought to...

Sometimes my blog topics come from profound truths. Like this week, for example. Yes, I’m talking about coffee.   Frankly, I prefer tea.   Frankly, Lily, how would you know because you’ve never tried coffee? Our first experience happens sophomore year of...

Hi! This week I’ve felt really disoriented, and at last I’ve figured out why: I’ve been living in too many alternate realities! It has to do with work.   What, no astral projection?   Have your laugh now, Lily. I can confirm you will have that type of...