Sara Ryan

So gordonzola was in town yesterday, and we were discussing dinner, knowing that, with the holiday and all, there would be lots of places to avoid. I suggested one of my favorite places, and G. seemed somewhat less than enthusiastic. I described it in greater detail. G. still underwhelmed. Finally he said, “But I thought [...]

You’d think, probably, that I’d be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in some fashion. And, you know, I’m not actively opposed to it or anything, but see, I’m not Irish. But, Ryan? Not Irish? Well, several generations back, it was spelled Rhine. Like the river. As I recall, when my parents explained that despite our last [...]

I just finally read Graham Joyce’s The Tooth Fairy. As soon as I was done, I turned back to page one to start reading it again. It’s creepy and funny and doesn’t pull any punches. As a writer, that’s a lesson I need to learn over and over again — that it’s actually far better [...]

Pen nibs are sharp. Underneath the futon couch is a sub-optimal storage location for said items. In related news, as you’ll see in the blogroll, Mercury Studios now has a blog.

My friend Diana gave me permission to post this email. Her daughter Ruby will be four in June. “Yesterday Ruby told me solemnly that she wanted to be a writer when she grows up. She was practicing making s’s, trying to make them look like s’s instead of 5′s, and I was zoning out listening [...]

…with credits to those who first alerted me about them: The music of Tegan and Sara (thanks jacqui) Wong Kar-Wei’s In the Mood for Love (thanks kip and jenn) The art of Odd Nerdrum (thanks terri)

Judge allows gay marriage licenses for now. Of course, as the article states, this is just the beginning…

On Sunday we rescued Jill & baby Allison from the Portland comic book show and went, inevitably, to a coupla estate sales. Alli almost got a violin. They wanted $285, or bid, for a fairly decent-sounding fiddle, banged-up old case, and bow in need of rehairing. After consultation, and a call to Parker at the [...]

…are gonna read like one big echo chamber tomorrow, I predict, but who cares? Multnomah County is issuing same-sex marriage licenses. I can’t stop smiling.

Finally got around to seeing Adaptation (warning: link is spoilerific). What a totally brilliant movie. Especially if you have Any Connection At All to writing. I will see this movie a whole bunch more times, I’m certain. Wow.