This week's sporkful

Mike Smith is a musician and producer based in Nashville. While he lists multiple genres and influences, the vibe I hear most is the music...

I have started blogging regularly again, but I still don't have the time that I would like, especially for music listening. My temporary...

I hadn't planned on bringing up the Nazi-leaning doting grandmother in this post, but I kept remembering her, and I guess it does relate...

Picking up where we left off, even though I am trying to focus on staying connected to people, I ended two connections last week. I unfriend...

You know how every change to Facebook has made it worse? That recently happened with Twitter. I guess I should specify what I mean by ...

All The Beautiful Skies is a collaboration between singer Suzie Potts and guitarist Craig Gibson, who was previously reviewed as part of Man...

On Twitter I have been befriended by Rigby Cats and Badger Cats. When they sing together they are Badger Cats, and they are pretty fun. It...

Last night I wrote a whole post on how dementia care giving is like improv, and then it didn't feel right and I deleted it and started o...

Maybe this should have gone on the Provident Living blog. I know I have blogged before about how all of my aunts watched The Bold and the ...

After writing about diabetes for a week, I wanted to spend a week on dementia. It is getting a little late in the day. I had been feeling ...

New Chums is a Phoenix-based indie band. Their newest release, this year's "I Won't Let You Go", has kind of classic emo...

The Tattered Saints are a rock band from Tampa Bay, Florida that takes more influences from New Jersey, a la Bruce Springsteen and the Gasli...

This may be the most important post I ever write: ReliOn insulin at Wal-Mart costs $25 per vial. No matter how many times I see conversati...

I recently started taking a statin. I am not happy about this. I would not object if I had bad cholesterol, but I don't. I never have....

Last month I needed a blood test and I had an eye appointment. Because anything that involves me leaving the house has a similar set of chal...

The B-52's were the headliner, and they were well-loved by the crowd that filled the venue. They mentioned our "Keep Portland...

Andy McCluskey is the most appealing dork. Perhaps that's not quite the right word, but his down-to-earth embrace of not being a g...

I saw Berlin at the Oregon Zoo last night. I have enjoyed them for a long time, even in my pre-teen days when my older sister used to ...

Looking for books tends to lead to more books; that has proven true over and over again. Maria had heard about a book about the "Bibl...

For my movie watching, I settled on ten Black directors and twenty-two films. I am about halfway through. I have had many thoughts already...