What the fuckity fuck, America? I like healthcare, and gay people, and brown people. And women, especially the strong ones and the vulnerable ones. And I like poor people and unborn babies and access to birth control to prevent unwanted pregnancies and pregnancy support when women do have babies. Why don't you? Addendum, evening of 11/9/16: … Continue reading Aftermath
My husband had knee surgery last week, and he has been working from home since then. I keep thinking it's Friday because he always works from home on Fridays. He cannot sit at a desk, so he sits in the recliner next to my writing space. I need to move past the fact that someone … Continue reading Finally
I'm in love with the silence of my house. On Monday mornings, when my son and then my husband finally leave, when the dogs lie content after their breakfast and the cats drowse after a night of scurrying on staircases, I light a candle and pick up my laptop and a book. My coffee cools next … Continue reading On silence, and wanting too much
I left my job in August, and I thought I had left behind the anxiety and frustration inherent in working in a corporate world. But yesterday I learned that five people, all officers at the company where I used to work, were let go. I am not sure of the circumstances around the decision -- … Continue reading Othering
When I first started going to Halloween parties as an adult, I wore safe, easy costumes. One year I dressed in brown corduroys and green sweater, then I pinned leaves all over myself and wrapped myself with a loose roll of toilet paper. I was tree, rolled. One year I wore a long tweed skirt, … Continue reading Costumes
I like spring rolls, but they really do look a little too phallic. I don't suppose that's helped much by the condom-like spring roll wrapper. Nonetheless, they are tasty and a whole lot of work, at least for one person who happens to be a novice wrapper. With all the shredding, chopping, blanching, assembling, and cleaning, this took … Continue reading Sprimp spring rolls
When we travel, I get a little obsessive about planning. I think some may read this and think I'm type A, scheduling everything to the minute, holding to a rigid itinerary type of person, but that's truly not the case. Writing everything I have to do (make the flight) with most things I might want … Continue reading Lists and series, part 3 (traveling)
I try not to post political or religious commentary on social media, but sometimes I can't help myself. And since no one reads this, I'll use this space for my own little rant. I can see how torn up my well-informed Republican friends are about the prospect of voting for Trump, and I want to shake … Continue reading I’m with her
I had the pleasure of talking and sharing wine with some neighborhood friends last night, and one woman has a husband going through aggressive chemotherapy. We lamented the unavailability of THC (the stuff in marijuana) legally available here since it has known curative as well as palliative properties. This lack of availability is especially galling since the … Continue reading I don’t trust the FDA
In April, I planted a tiny lemongrass specimen next to a smallish blueberry bush that I was trying to grow in a large concrete planter. The blueberry bush died, but the lemongrass thrived and has taken over the planter. Earlier this month, when I decided to make tom ka kai, a Thai chicken coconut soup, … Continue reading Lemongrass and Auntie Bang’s Coconut Soup (a.k.a. tom ka kai)
Gwen Mullins 