Ordinary Canary

An article on lesbian separatist communities that I found interesting.
I’ve been thinking a lot about communities of women (of all sexual orientations) because of the novel I’m reading, The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett. It is really, really good. It’s about a home for unwed mothers run by the Catholic church [...]

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This weekend was very busy, since I was entertaining a friend that was visiting from out of town. The highlight was seeing Patton Oswalt who is an absolutely brilliant comedian from Sterling, Virginia (Virginia pride, whoo!). You probably wouldn’t like him if crude language offends you, but he has some very smart things [...]

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This is the view from my desk, several months after I began the Great Plant Initiative at work. My second title at work is Office Gardener.
My tarantula fern looked particularly beautiful in the light, so I just had to share. A moment of beauty in the day.

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Cuba officially supports Linux now, which is pretty rocking from both an open source perspective and a “gosh, American policies regarding Cuba are so beyond stupid” standpoint.
The plane we were on from Montego Bay was delayed rather significantly by a sick passenger. We had to go back to the gate and let her off, [...]

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That would be me, by the way.
Jamaica is one heavenly place. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen somewhere so incredibly beautiful.
We had a good time. However, we were not blind to what the effects of our economy are on Jamaica - the hotel that we stayed at was very empty. The [...]

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A very worthwhile article by Zadie Smith on multiracial identities, Barack Obama, William Shakespeare and My Fair Lady.
An excerpt:
A few minutes later, I was in a taxi and heading uptown with my Northern Irish husband and our half-Indian, half-English friend, but that initial hesitation was ominous; the first step on a typical British journey. A [...]

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My Big Irishman and myself are off to Jamaica for a long weekend.  I admit that my brain is already there, waiting for my body to catch up.  The weather has been fairly warm, by New York mid-winter standards, but I’ve still had to wear a coat.  My feet are aching for warm air and [...]

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I have had the flu.  But since I am such an amazing overachiever, yesterday I actually fainted as a result of it.  Not only did I faint, I managed to faint into my bathtub, knocking my shower curtain right off the wall and on top of me.
Fortunately, fainting being what fainting is, I have no [...]

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