Ya gotta love this pawn shop that's trying to attract more junkie clientele.
Never a dull moment in Portland!
After 'downsizing' to a sweet apartment with a porch, I thought my gardening days were over. But, as it turns out, I'm unable to be garden-free. The urge to tend a garden is just too strong within me, so I now have two tomato plants, a cucumber and zucchini sharing the same bucket (lord help me), an eggplant beauty, lots of herbs and flowers and two furry kitties out there enjoying the sunny porch. Yay!
Who knew that shooting this photo of Bill the Back Scratcher Man would lead to writing a story about him for a local neighborhood newsletter, which would then inspire an artist to help him realize his life-long dream of opening a back scratcher museum full of real and imaginary back scratchers?? I'm thrilled that Bill got to realize his dream!
Anyway, since my last posting, we moved to a new apartment and that means the views of the birdz are different. Apparently, the birdz in this neighborhood look just as delicious as the birdz in the old neighborhood, according to Raskal.
January 20th, 2009. What a day. At 8:30 in the morning I walked to my neighborhood cafe to watch the inauguration. It was such a moving experience, being there in a standing-room-only crowd of folks watching breathlessly as the events unfolded in Washington. I have never, ever felt pride for this country, but it filled me from head to toe on that morning.
Zig and I were just reminiscing about the time Raskal got stuck in the tree after following Boyfren up there. He's just too fluffy to navigate a tree.
Looking at the photos makes me miss our Iowa backyard in summer time. The humidity! The cicadas! The trees! The endless tomatoes! Sitting here in my cold house in the middle of winter, all of those things sound so good to me right now.
Last night Zig performed in the School of Rock's Radiohead show. Radiohead is his favorite band ever, so you can imagine how exciting it was for him to be doing their songs on stage. As usual, the kids were AMAZING, the teachers were AMAZING, the parents so supportive.
Here's two songs with Zig on drums.
This is sweet Matt and his buddy Java, chillin' in my kitchen. We're both so happy to be making things work between us, exploring new levels of relationship with all of its challenges and rewards and wanting more than anything to negotiate the path forward, together.
