Category Archives: u.s.a.

Taxes and mortgage – I’m a grown ass bastard now.

Ye gawds, friends. Things have been  insaner than usual as of late. Christmas, home closing, new keys, friend visits, moving, housewarming party, impending Alaska work, oh my. And now I fear I may become an insane-o home improvement web logger. … Continue reading

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A Peculiar Christmas Tree Compendium

You might not expect this, but I love me some Christmas. Not the awful consumery, commercial part that makes baby Jesus cry – but the family, friends, traditions and sparkly bits of December. Growing up in the snowy mountains, the … Continue reading

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Tacoma in 75 Hours (Hour 59 – 75ish)

***Sunday (Hour 59 – 75ish)*** Sunday morning we woke plucky, hungry and, upon dumping all the receipts and moths from our change pouches, …poorer. A brisk long walk to Dirty Oscar’s Annex (2309 6th Avenue), and they filled our bellies … Continue reading

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Tacoma in 75 Hours (Hour 36 – 58)

{Pardon the abrupt halt in storytelling. I have been frantically attempting to fit many adventures into the too-brief period between fisheries. Now then – no more excuses;  back to my debaucherous introduction to Tacoma town.} ***Saturday (Hour 36 – 58)*** … Continue reading

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Tacoma in 75 Hours (Hour 12 -35)

***Friday (Hour 12  – 35)*** Presented in chronological order Friday morning came and went as we slept like little baby beach angels. By the time we folded up the soiled linens, scraped off the crust and layered on more eyeliner, … Continue reading

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Tacoma in 75 Hours: (Hour 1 – 11)

Looking out this window always reminds me of beer Despite living in Tacoma, WA for two months (exactly today!), my fish shipping summer schedule of 100-hour work weeks meant all of my T-town observations came from the windows of my … Continue reading

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Dear Saturday,

  I love you. xxxo, Jessie

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Testes, One Two

Don’t be alarmed, everyone. I’m not suddenly full of brains and energy and gumption to entertain. I am, however, excited by WordPress’s news that I can use my email to create posts, so let’s see if this works: The walk … Continue reading

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Fun time photo organization!

One of the nicest things about buying an enormous computer with one terabyte of space is that, if you’re me, you can add every photo, music, art and writing file you own, and you will not even begin to fill … Continue reading

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Home Again, Jiggity Jig

Photo: renjith krishnan I read a quote the other day by Chinese writer, Lin Yutang: “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” That pretty much … Continue reading

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