OYL July 16

When Rebecca and I went to Lyle last time, there was a group of circling eagles, and one of the Yakama said it was good medicine.

OYL June 24

It feels like the story of our country has switched from COVID to racism.

OYL June 3

I look back at my COVID journal from a year ago. May 27, 2020. “Crossed the 100,000 mark today. That’s sad. Tara is legitimately convinced that this fall and winter the second surge of COVID will be even worse in the US.” Tara turned out to be absolutely right, and to a degree that probably […]

OYL May 26

{Note: As you can see by the date above, I am a little bit behind. Some serious personal stuff came up, devastating news and fabulous news. I’ll tell you the cool stuff soon and the shitty stuff when my heart is ready. You know how life is…. anyway. I’m sorta back now!} One Year Later, […]

Mother walking drinker

The title of this blog post is funnier if you say it as though you are cursing.

OYL May 21

Manja had a birthday celebration, which became my first pandemic online party.

OYL April 14

I’m noticing small things but I’m sure I’m going to forget it all when it’s over.

Fixes

I can tell my life is getting back to normal because I’m ferociously busy.

OYL May 3

Looking back at my COVID journal, one year later. April 27, 2020. “Cowlitz county 39 cases, 0 deaths. Columbia remains at 14, 0 deaths.” By this time last year I had pegged the links to these websites on my browser, so they were only a click away. I used the statistics of cases and deaths […]

Arts from afar

There’s still art in my life, it just looks a little different now.