Music I Like – Metal-Inflected

No, that’s not “metal infected” although I guess you could call it that. I recently enjoyed an Alcest album, then had a hard time figuring...

Half Told Stories

How many things that I love can you fit in one picture? A bookstore. Featuring diverse stories (which is another way of saying stories you...

Classic Dicks in the Canon

One of the most frequent – and most valid – arguments against the contemporary relevance of classical art forms like opera and ballet is their...

Lucky Envelope Brewing

Around this time last year, my husband and I embarked on a quest to visit all the breweries that had sprung up in our newly...

Pandemic Homeschool Milestones

May always sneaks up on me. Planning ahead, it looks like a routine month, but as it gets closer my calendar fills up with late...