This week I intended to see “Oppenheimer” but the thought of sitting still, indoors, for three hours deterred me. There are many other projects to address this week, including the exciting and universally understood topic of home repairs.   I’m terrible with a...

Thursday, July 20, 2023: Preparing for a research trip. Departure time: 2:30 P. Destination: Cinemark Grand Cinemas, Walla Walla, WA. Purpose: to attend the first Walla Walla showing of the new movie “Barbie.”   You know we really don’t care for dolls.  ...

Habits: usual ways of behaving, something that a person does often in a regular and repeated way. So says an online dictionary about what’s on my mind this week. Good habits, bad habits, doing things out of habit, nun’s habits. It’s an easy topic to riff on.   It...

Wow! It seemed like it would be spring forever and BANG! Suddenly it’s not. Suddenly it’s JULY.   What’s the first thing you think of when you think of July?   Independence Day, obviously.   Including hot dogs!   Or, as we say in 2023, plant-based...

What’s on my radar these days? Marketing! I took a few required courses on this topic in pursuit of my BA in Business Administration at the University of Washington- -   Wait! I thought we were a drama major?   For the first two years of college only, Lily....

This week someone new came into my life. It’s a Fitbit Charge 5 and sometimes it’s giving me fits! Fits of anxiety as I struggle to understand how to operate it; fits of laughter when it awards me “badges” for less than extraordinary achievements.   Are you...