This week's sporkful

Not that long ago, we discovered that someone we knew through church was running for the local school board. Based on what we knew of her, t...

2017 was a year of finding musicians, yes, but also songs that I loved.  It was not completely confined to that year. I had "Local Rose...

 

One thing that changed during the 2008 to 2010 period of unemployment was that I started cooking.  I had gradually taken over holiday meals ...

There was probably another thing that helped with my 2008 job loss. Before it happened, I had been to visit my Italian family twice.  Previo...

I considered myself unemployed from October 2008 to August 2010. I worked a fair amount during that time with different temporary jobs, but ...

I had realized at one point that -- while reviewing new bands -- I should also revisit my punk roots. It was only proper that there be a Ram...

The Season 5 finale of Queen Sugar aired Tuesday, and I am all caught up now. I know there have been production challenges specific to COVI...

The other night on Jeopardy! a contestant (who won), got his chance to say "Make it a true daily double Alex."  He said it to Ande...

At this point, I am not blogging ahead, and I don't know what the next few posts will be. Today I am taking a moment to post about one o...

As wonderful as it was to cast off some old fears, that quickly led to a phase where I felt higher than normal frustration about the things ...

I reviewed some music I really liked in 2016. I also reviewed music I hated. What I realize now -- though I did not then -- is that a lot of...

What I am going to write about today extends beyond my capacity. I want to mention it anyway, because I know there is more there. It has bee...

Despite yesterday's post being a good length, and having required a whole separate post the day before to keep it on track, and having b...

Just as I get over my fear that I might not be a good mother, I also lose my fear of being annoying! This is how it happened. I have been tr...

When I posted about tonglen on Thursday, I wrote (and believed) that the next logical topic would be my 2008 job loss and the emotional turm...

Twitter and the people on it were teaching me a lot about the importance of representation, where people of different races, genders, orient...

Tonglen is a form of meditation that was mentioned in Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression by James S Gordon. I...

No, not the fear of never finding love; that one is still a work in progress. However, that other family fear -- that maybe I couldn't b...