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Our region had a snowstorm on the last day before the official start of winter ... and winter has been proceeding accordingly. Huge snowfall predicted this weekend, so we shall see! Onigiri after shoveling. Yummy pancakes and eggs by Nate. The end of 2025 was like: I blocked off my cube so I could honor… Continue reading “The Most Exciting Things Are Happening Offline”
DOESN'T THIS CLOUD LOOK LIKE A BRONTOSAURUS?! In two days, December starts. Time has never moved this fast, for me; work is demanding and the baby changes every day. I could've used a full week off for Thanksgiving. Maybe two. I have been soaking up fall colors, and flavors! Final month of CSA share included… Continue reading Grateful for a Scenic Byway
I've been pregnant since April and will hopefully deliver while it's still 2024. This has meant some wild hormone fluctuations; sometimes my brain is so foggy I can't concentrate, so I listen to audiobooks while playing a phone game, walking, or doing chores. Some days are crystal-clear and I am laser-focused on a physical book.… Continue reading What I Read in 2024
I had never spent any time in the Great Plains region of the United States. Well, now I can say I've been to Billings, Montana for 36 hours. I was in town to present at a work conference -- I can't even pretend I scratched the surface. I didn't plan this, but I read a… Continue reading Entanglement in Montana
--OR-- Edna St. Vincent Mall-AI For the last month I've been ecstatically devouring Nancy Milford's extensive biography of poet and performer Edna St. Vincent Millay. "Vincent" led a life that was full of delicious intrigue, passionate love letters, writing poems in bed, and other ways to burn the candle at both ends. Milford is an… Continue reading AI turns poetry into PURE HORROR!
Laura Eppinger 