Okay, I confess, I bought some Hallowe’en candy and I have no intention of giving it out. It’s just for me. Andrea and Jacob don’t like it, it’s just for me. I like almost everything about Tootsie rolls. Even the name is fun to say. Okay, fine, I’ll agree that if they’re old and stale, they’re not much fun. But brand new? Gooey? Malleable? Soft enough to NOT rip out my teeth when I bite into them? How could that not bring me #MoreJoy? Maybe too much joy. Having them accessible during work hours is NOT healthy. Joyful, but not … Continue reading →

I’m a bit behind again on my posting, and I wanted to write about a bunch of stuff that I have been “enjoying” partly as a distraction and partly just because I enjoy serialized storytelling. I’ve mentioned this before that each fall I try to watch every new show that comes out that has any chance of garnering my interest, and some that aren’t even close, just to review the premieres. I’ve seen 29 premieres since January, and that is split pretty evenly between last spring and this fall. I’ve reviewed them all, but very few have made it through … Continue reading →

If my brain is going a mile a minute, I can frequently break the cycle with music. But it has to be more than simple background music, I need something almost “meta” about the song that pulls me out of the song and makes me think about the writing, or admire the lyricist’s choice of phrasing. Harry Chapin’s songs from the 70s are almost all stories, from Cats in the Cradle to Taxi, so there’s lots of things in them that get me thinking about the backstory or the “other” elements that you could fill in if you were to … Continue reading →