Just got back to Philly about half an hour ago. The wonderful Seth picked me up at the airport and waited while I filed a claim for my missing bag (left Portland with two, arrived in Philly with one, the math doesn’t add up). Hopefully the bag will show up tomorrow.
I’m totally awake […]

Whenever I come to Portland, I make sure that my stay includes a Monday. This is because when my mom turned 55 three years ago, the only good thing (by her own admission) about becoming a senior citizen, was the 40% discount it entitled her to at Value Village on Mondays.
One summer, years ago, […]

There is a thrift store, just down Sandy Blvd. from my parents’ house, called the Teen Challenge. It is a international program to help young adults deal with issues of substance abuse. A good cause, but not why we go there.
There are occasionally phenomenal deals to be had at Teen Challenge, because often […]

I finally made it to Portland, landed at 11:52 am and I have never been so grateful to get off an airplane. My mom came and found me in the baggage claim, and we both giggled and cried at seeing each other after seven months of distance. On getting home, I took a […]

As I write this, I am stuck on an airplane full of Southerners that is parked in a FedEx cargo hold in a remote part of the airport in Greenville, NC. My flight to Portland is leaving from Atlanta, which is 80 miles east from where I sit. To put it mildly, I […]

For some reason my head hasn’t been in the blogging game for the last couple of days. I’ve done a lot, gone to Live 8, hosted a brunch potluck, had a date, fought with my father briefly and celebrated the 4th of July with a crew of great people. And now I’m heading […]

So my date on Wednesday and the resultant funk I experienced afterwards had sent me down the path of interior exploration and examination. Yet again.
First of all I realized that what this guy said to me has nothing to do with me. That it wasn’t personal. That I wasn’t being minimized for […]