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The dude’s band class performed on the UW Seattle campus this evening. We went with Mom; it was really good.

Mar. 3, 2025, 10:33pm

The bambina and a friend went to Capitol Hill for doughnuts.

Mar. 1, 2025, 3:25pm

We had a brief thunderstorm last night, strong winds, and Mom lost power for the first time since moving here.

Feb. 25, 2025, 7:05am

Finished reading Mordew by Alex Pheby; I finished the story about a week ago actually, but I’ve been slowly picking my way through the apocrypha at the end of the book. I picked it up solely for its Feiffer-esque front cover and the description on the back. It was Weird, grotesque, such that after I started reading it at bedtime, I had bizarre dreams inspired by book imagery, and thus banished it from the bedroom. Was it good, did I enjoy it? I’m not sure, but it was definitely compelling, and I’ll probably read his next book after some time detoxing from this one.

Feb. 23, 2025, 10:55pm

Mom and the dude came over for dinner (carbonnade flamande with Brussels sprouts).

Feb. 23, 2025, 9:44pm

Went to the Flower and Garden Festival with Meghan again.

Feb. 22, 2025, 8:52pm

Sent out a couple more resumes, hopefully (and seemingly?) easier each time.

Feb. 20, 2025, 10:34pm

Tonight’s kitchen victory: pasta with quick-’n’-easy meat sauce, and roasted broccoli: the first time using the new range.

Feb. 13, 2025, 6:41pm
Fried rice in a wok, on a grubby gas stove.

Tonight’s kitchen victory: fried rice, the last batch I’ll cook on this stove, which has served us well for 20 years.

Feb. 10, 2025, 5:45pm

Current earworm: “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys.

Feb. 10, 2025, 11:26am

Played Magic last night with Greg, his son, and the dude.

Feb. 9, 2025, 11:48pm

Got another few inches of snow last night, probably the last for a while.

Feb. 8, 2025, 10:00am

We got snow showers over the course of the day yesterday, then 3″ overnight. The bambina has had only one partial day of school so far this week.

Feb. 6, 2025, 8:28am

Finished reading The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden, followup to The Bear and the Nightingale. I enjoyed this one, too, and it had more consistent drive than the first, but Arden relied on a particular plot contrivance trope a little too often for my taste.

Feb. 4, 2025, 7:45am

There was a dusting of snow yesterday, and then maybe a half inch to an inch overnight, enough at least to delay school (though the bambina is sick).

Feb. 3, 2025, 7:43am