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Faith: Vol. 1 "Hollywood and Vine" Houser/Portela/Savauge
It's been a long time since I reviewed a comic book here. But, when I was working at Shoreview today, I saw that they had the first collected volume of FAITH.(Light spoilers. Not below a cut, because...
View ArticleAggressive Self-Care Day
The revolution will long and hard, my comrades, so I have followed the advice of every columnist out there and have chosen Thursday as my "Aggressive Self-Care Day." What this means is that, for the...
View Article2017 Minnesota Writers Workshop
Today was the 2017 Minnesota Writing Workshop. I was a guest critiquer, which meant that I got about 10 pages of a manuscript to read and review ahead of time and 10 minute slots in which to give the...
View ArticleDoor knocking in North Branch for
A friend and I drove up to North Branch today to door knock to get out the vote for Laurie Warner, who is running in a special election (Feb. 14, Valentines Day) for MN House seat 32B. We all met at...
View ArticleBagels, Work, and Weeping to Congresscritters....
OMG. So, this is an activism first. I ended up breaking down into tears while calling my state House Representative Erin Murphy. There's a bill that was introduced to the MN State Legislature,...
View ArticleRoad Trips and an Invitation
First, I need to kickstart my career by 2018. I just got an invite to be one of the GoHs for Minicon next year. It would be nice if I had something to promote by then.This summer Mason and I are...
View ArticleQ-Library and Life
I'm off to volunteer at Quatrefoil in about fifteen minutes. I don't think I'm going to last very long there. You can ask my family, but I'm not in a very sociable mood. (I would actually have said...
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Is it Saturday? Must be Protest Day.
Starting with a picture again. If you can't see it, it shows the street-view crowd at Saturday's Solidarity March with Immigrants and Refugees and the back of a woman holding a sign that reads,...
View ArticleAnother Day, Another Dollar
...Or $11.50/hour as the case may be. I'm not really sure what possessed me to agree to EVERY Tuesday and Wednesday at the library for the entire month of February. It's not that I mind putting in...
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Lumberjanes vols. 1 - 5
I finally got around to reading Lumberjanes writtenby Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis / art by Brooke AllenHere is a picture of the cover of volume one which you might not be able to see. It features...
View ArticleMonday Morning
On Thursday, Shawn threw out her back. She's been in varying amounts of pain throughout the weekend, ranging from extreme discomfort to 'crying in despair.' We went to the emergency clinic on...
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Protests and Such
On Monday night, I joined a couple hundred people in downtown Minneapolis. This protest was billed as "Minneapolis Against Trump," but it was really about workers' rights. Here's another attempt at a...
View ArticleComing Out
For years I thought I was a Slytherin. Look, I'm very ambitious, okay? I have some very Scorpio tendencies that align themselves with some Slytherin traits. I knew I wasn't the typical sneaky,...
View ArticleVolunteerism
Mason is in the Junior Honor Society. As part of his membership, in addition to keeping up his grades, he's required to do a certain number of volunteer hours. It's difficult to find places that...
View ArticleEasy Like Sunday Morning
I'm trying to convince Shawn that she's having a "pajama day," rather than day eleven of her back trauma. I'm not sure it's working. But, we are cuddled up in bed with several cats, the Sunday...
View ArticleAdulting
Today, I woke up thinking about "adulting." Last Wednesday, I had lunch with a friend of mine. We met at Eli's East, which I had never been to before. As usual, I had a great time chatting with this...
View ArticleDay Without a Woman
I'm wearing red today, but, like a lot of woman in my economic situation, I *have* to go to work today.What are you talking about, Lyda? You're a writer, you don't have a job. Actually, I have a...
View ArticleYou Know You Might Be Writing Your Local Legislators Too Often When...
...you get an invite for a meet-and-greet at the State Capitol from the office of your district's Senator. It's not a fundraiser, either. Believe me, that was the first thing I figured and I thought,...
View ArticleMonday the 13th
I would like to petition the universe to change this whole superstition around FRIDAY the 13th and shift it to MONDAY the 13th. I just looked up "Friday the 13th" on Wikipedia and the connection...
View ArticlePapers, Please
I'm sorry to have been MIA, but this has been an insane week.Last Friday (on Saint Patrick's day) our old, beloved car Steve finally gave up the ghost. Through a series of fortunate events, we...
View ArticleSunday Morning Blues
A cinnamon pull-apart loaf is rising in the kitchen. I hope it turns out. It's a new recipe and so I have no idea if I did all the steps right, you know?I managed to write and submit a 300-word short...
View ArticleWhat Does Democracy Look Like?
...An overcrowded, stuffy room in the State Capitol building, apparently, at least for me, today.Sometime ago I got invited to the "traditional constituents luncheon" for district 64. It sounded like a...
View ArticleTeaching and Late Nights
Who on earth thought it was a good idea to teach a class AT BEDTIME??!!For those of you who don't know this about me, I've been a lifelong 'lark.' A morning lark is the opposite of a night owl. Even...
View ArticleSitting in the Coffee Shop....
...waiting to head back up the hill to pick up Shawn to take her to physical therapy. For those of you who have been following along with all of Shawn's back problems, I'm happy to report that she's...
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Monday Again...
A lot happened since I last posted, however. Mason and I went down to Mankato, Minnesota, on Thursday night. We had a fun time traveling together as we always do. We ended up stopping early for...
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