D&F 1-22-23
D&F 1/22/23 After nearly 3 years of COVID pandemic I tested positive after a work trip this week. Travel for work? Never worth it. I was feeling a tad tired...
D&F 1/16/23
You can call me Jeanne Tripplehorne because this week, baby, I'm living in Waterworld. At this rate, maybe I'll get to ride my bike again in February. On the...
D&F 1-7-23
D&F 1/7/23 Greetings from the drowned city of Oakland. The atmospheric river keeps'a'flowin' and all my cycling routes are muddy and festooned with branches....
D&F 1-1-23
D&F 1/1/23 Happy New Year! It feels like it's still 2020, honestly, but I guess it's almost three years since the beginning of COVID in the states. Wild....
D&F 12/25/22
Happy Christmas, mid-Hanukah, and 4 days post-solstice. The days, my friend, are getting longer. I am excited. Coming back from Japan one of my three missed...
D&F 12-19-22
D&F 12/18/22 Hello again from Oakland. I'm safely ensconced under a blanket on my beloved couch at home as I write this. My trip was great, but it's great to...
D&F 12-12-22
D&F 12/12/22 This trip to Japan has included way more Christmas music than I would typically listen to in five years. I’m writing this from a valley between...
D&F 11-27-22
D&F 11/27/22 This newsletter comes to you from the other side of 38 years old. It's wild to me that I'm so close to 40 at this point, as it feels like it...
D&F 12-4-22
D&F 12/4/22 中目黒で今日は！I’m writing this from a cute soba shop in Nakameguro, close to the cute Meguro river. Today I’m wandering Tokyo by foot, with plans to...
D&F 11-20-22
D&F 11-20-22
D&F 11-13-22
D&F 11/13/22 It's hygge season in the Shelley house. Snorri is cuddled-up on my blanket-covered lap, candles are glowing, and the simple joy of reading a...
D&F 11/6/22
It's Scorpio season and the end(?) of Daylight Saving Time, as well as Twitter as we knew it. There's a lot going on and some of it involves the livelihood...
Backlog 10.31.22
Happy Halloween! I think it's time to get out your Xmas tree now and begin slow-sous-viding your turkeys for the rest of the holidays. My trip to Oregon was...
Backlog 10.24.22
One more week till Halloween! As an adult, a holiday where you can get real mid candy from neighbors for free is less exciting, but skeletons and ghosts are...
Backlog 10.16.22
As required by law, I attended an Oktoberfest party yesterday focused on bikes, a Biketoberfest. Sadly, there were limited sausages to be had, but I did...
D&F 10-9-22
D&F 10/9/22 Spooky season continues with horror movies aplenty, and a recovery week from way too much bike riding. I kicked off the month with a rewatch of...
D&F 10-2-22
D&F 10-2-22 It's spooky season, can you believe it? Decorative gourds, giant skeletons, and candy stolen from kids under the auspice of health. The fall is...
D&F 9-25-22
D&F 9-25-22 This weekend I did my first cyclocross race, and managed to finish upright and even score a podium place. Women's cycling events usually have...
D&F 9-19-22
D&F 9/18/22 Ding dong the queen is dead, which old queen, the racist imperial corgi-breeding one. I think every former colony of the UK should get a holiday...