Good writing, good cookies

It's rare that I'm truly impressed with the quality of writing in Seattle's alternative weekly newspaper, The Stranger, but the cover feature this past week really hit home. Megan Seling wrote a powerful piece about baking cookies to deal with winter depression, titled, "The Long Winter". It's a very enlightening look at depression from the point of view of someone who has to deal with it, and the Seattle/Everett setting makes it all the more real. And the writing style kind of reminds me of my friend kadyg: wry and sardonic and very wise. (That's a compliment, Kady!)

But what's most interesting is... lately, I've been thinking about baking cookies.

Seriously. (For proof, see this comment I made in my friend kennapea's journal on Nov. 26th)

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Postcard from Japan

Mt. Fuji postcard

My brother Dale sent me a postcard from Japan, where he, his wife, and their 2 kids have just moved to (he's in the Air Force).

The postcard is quite beautiful, a 19th century print of Mt. Fuji by Hiroshi Ando.