Interesting Things
The most interesting thing that happened today
Writing humor and drawing comics, Rochester, NY
June 23, 2023— We met a data scientist tonight who once found a stranger lying dead in his driveway. It was one of five deaths, or the immediate aftermaths of, she happened to witness in that particular year. Rachel and I had walked to a rooftop event for a professional group I belong to, and […]
June 22, 2023— Still on the job prowl. Though, I had a screening call at 9 am on the front porch. Yes, I can lift more than 50 pounds on the reg. Yes, I can wake up in January when it’s dark, work a double in the freezer, and go to sleep when it’s dark […]
June 20, 2023— The submersible lost in the North Atlantic with five adventure tourists en route to the Titanic is serving “buried alive at sea.” At 1 pm Tuesday, there was only 40 hours of air left, per CNN. Between orcas flipping yachts, and the Titanic itself, I think the ocean has a taste for […]
June 19, 2023— Why is a duck rolling in the dirt under the catalpa tree!? Rachel and I ran at Cobb’s Hill during her lunch hour, and when I barreled down the gravel hill toward the tennis courts, I saw that red head. A big, pileated woodpecker bathed in the fine sand. Perfect. Perfect for […]
June 17, 2023— A hair mannequin with a nine-story braid will peek out of my salon in this preserved grain elevator, renovated into office space on the Erie Canal. All concrete, and once filled with wheat and oats, the tower was built in 1939, renovated in 2004 and decorated in 1994. From their website Rachel […]
June 16, 2023— We watched “Biggest Little Farm” last night at Heather’s house. Her Labrador, a furry yellow muscle, snoozed against me like the dogs in the documentary. It’s great—a couple farms 200 acres north of LA “traditionally,” tending it, but trusting nature do its thing (in the face of snails, coyotes, algae, without rushing […]
June 15, 2023— What I want to remember from today, from this week’s James Clear newsletter, “A short lesson about kindness and generosity: I heard my mom asking our neighbor for some salt. We had salt at home so I asked her why she was asking. She told me, ‘They don’t have much money and […]
June 13, 2023— My friend Liz is a master of exquisite one-text vignettes, and I can’t tell if this is real or a setup.
June 11, 2023— Our friend grilled sausages and Dr. Praeger’s veggie burgers last night, and I dined in a lawn chair next to her mom. A neighbor asked her, 87, where she was from. Originally? Scotland. She emigrated to Rochester and got a job at Kodak, where she met her future husband, from Ireland. She […]
June 10, 2023— I mean, SURFER Rosa. I listened to the “Life of the Record” podcast yesterday (an Austin Kleon recommendation) on the making of the Pixies’ Surfer Rosa (album on Spotify). An a-ha moment—when Joey Santiago said he had listened to a lot of surf music, “because I knew it was gonna serve me […]