Thanks to Doc Searls, this summer I started reading Bernie DeKoven’s Funlog which is certainly a fun blog to read. Earlier this week I noticed his post on The Sack Circle and I couldn’t resist trying a few. I know I’ve written about my conviction for canvas sacks while shopping, but recently I’ve forgotten my […]
Entries from November 2004
Sack Circles and Doc Searls
November 28th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Tags: family
Making more headlines…(and talking about taboo topics?)
November 28th, 2004 · 3 Comments
Chris Holmes already discovered and posted about my two letters to the editor, one in each island paper this week… so I don’t have to! Thanks! I wrote a note to the editor of the Bainbridge Islander expressing my gratitude for the recent piece on local bloggers. And I wrote another letter to the Bainbridge […]
Tags: blog
Life as a local celebrity (blogger)… and the expansion of the Puget Sound blogosphere
November 28th, 2004 · No Comments
In the two weeks since the story on local bloggers graced the front pages of the Sun and Bainbridge Islander, it’s been fun to receive others reactions. Friends and neighbors have commented to me. Sometimes people call me a “celebrity” or “famous” but I simply smile in return: funny joke! No strangers have yet approached […]
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Whole American
November 28th, 2004 · No Comments
The other day in the van Abigail said: I’m half Chinese. I’m half German. I’m whole American. I had to correct her on one point. She’s a quarter German, not half. But I agree with everything else.
Tags: family
Happy Holidays can be oxymoronic: thanksgiving in the rain
November 28th, 2004 · 1 Comment
“Happy Holidays” is oxymoronic. At least it seems that way to me many times. I know what happiness is. But I don’t often have it during the holidays. This week I’ve been wishing I could fast-foward to February. Then again, I wouldn’t want to miss our anniversary at the end of January. But I have […]
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