on change:

and aging, and staying positive… To my crotchety, ungrateful, excruciating pain in the ass Great Aunt who refuses to accept change and adjust to life here in Seattle.  We love you, now be nice!    Change is a funny thing… They say it happens when the fear of something staying the same is greater than…

Happy birthday to me.

I was unable to volunteer as much as I’d hoped this year.  To clear my conscience, I decided to throw myself a non-traditional birthday.  35 people helped me celebrate.  With a personal goal of raising $1000 to support my organization (the one, and only, Coyote Central), you can imagine how humbled I was to more…

What the Pho’s for dinner?

New restaurant name?! Pho Ck-no. Okay. Down to business. I’ve been sick, as I may have mentioned in the previous post, so I’ve been craving strange, out of the ordinary things. Namely, Thai (I like Thai, I really do — but cravings for the cuisine are very, very rare). Along with this Thai craving came…

29.

Yesterday was my birthday — the final year of my 20s has finally arrived. During my five (ten, tops) minutes of self-reflection, I had a brief moment of panic: holy shit — in ten years I’m going to be 39 — one year shy of 40. That immediately led me full circle to: holy shit…