Rain. The amount of rain we got last week was astounding for the Front Range. Our home weather station recorded 3" in two days, which is a shocking amount for out here. (The Denver region is in a "semi-arid" climate zone.) Tilling. Getting ready to xeriscape another section of our lawn involved 20 minutes of … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (5/15/23)
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Beach vacations. My cousin's wedding down in Sarasota (Anna Maria Island, to be specific) gave us an excuse to take the whole family on a beach vacation. Having grown up on the East Coast and spent nearly every summer weekend of my childhood on the beach, the idea of a beach vacation always seemed silly … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (5/8/23)
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Downpours. The Front Range is pretty dry for the most part, so true downpours are hard to come by. Last week we had two separate rainstorms, loud enough to hear drumming the roof. Made me nostalgic for my East Coast upbringing. Outdoor hangs. Post-rain, we had some actual spring weather and, with it, the opportunity … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (5/1/23)
On 7 things from last week (4/24/23)
Nuggets playoff game. Boy, NBA playoff games are a good time. (Especially when you’re in the nosebleeds with the random guys who like to shout insults every other play.) E-bikes. I’ve ridden a Lyft e-bike before…but it paled in comparison a legit commuter e-bike. Those things can FLY. The Avalanche (Owen). Listened to this sad-sack … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (4/24/23)
On 7 things from last week (4/17/23)
That episode of Succession. Part of me knew this was coming—but what a standout episode of TV. Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton. As someone who does a lot of layout, I'm embarrassed to say that I never really understood the baseline. Alvvays (Alvvays). Better late than never! Finally got around to listening to the … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (4/17/23)
On 7 things from last week (4/10/17)
Draft No. 4 by John McPhee. I've already written about this, but I really enjoyed this book of meta-journalism. Textbook Amy Krause Rosenthal by Amy Krause Rosenthal. A lovely, whimsical book of jokes, observations, and oddities underlined by the sadness of the author's dying too early at only age 51. Running with Our Eyes Closed. … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (4/10/17)
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The Record (Boygenius). The first LP from the indie supergroup was bound to be good even if it had included no more than the four singles. A great album, which closes with a clever rewrite of "Me and My Dog," my favorite track from the trio's 2018 EP. DIY woodworking blogs. I've been on the … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (4/3/23)
On 7 things from last week (3/27/23)
Kirsty MacColl. I wrote yesterday about the thrill of discovering a new artist—this past week it was Kirsty MacColl. From her final album Tropical Brainstorm, stuffed with compelling and never cheesy riffs on Cuban, Mexican, and Brazilian music, to her early singles, like her definitive version of Billy Bragg's "A New England," I was delighted, … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (3/27/23)
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The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout. I'm on a tour, I've decided, of Strout's published work—this remains achievable—her total output reached only nine books. The latest I read is The Burgess Boys, a story of sibling dysfunction with the state-of-America political asides and fraught family tensions of a Franzen novel. St. Dominic's Preview (Van Morrison). … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (3/20/23)
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The White Lotus, Season 2. I liked this season more than the first—knowing that death is coming for one of the characters (excepting a single one) from the first minutes of the season gives the season a real narrative momentum. Painful (Yo La Tengo). An old favorite of mind, this album hits that sweet spot … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (3/13/23)
Taylor Coe 