Costco gas in Hawke’s Prairie is 3.99/gallon for the low octane fairly often. Mostly why I have the card.

Even the less expensive cuts of meat being over $10 a pound is wild!

A shelter I worked at would home semi-feral cats with barns and the like. They liked being fed and cared for and left alone.

Make up fake problem so that you can “solve” it—to distract from the real problems he’s creating.

I have parked at the Tacoma Dome and taken the sounder from there. It is fairly comfortable and fast. Not sure if the timeline works for return trips though? I think it stops running around 10pm

They have their place but em dash is the superior punctuation.

Voter disenfranchisement too?

If we’re talking speculative fiction there are many but you’re right that they are not given any attention for the most part.
Victoria Schwab has an amazing podcast called “No Write Way,” where she interviews a lot of authors and the representation in the series is amazing.

A mock-up book cover for something I’m writing, thrown together in procreate. (Not a final version if I end up using it)

There is a lot written about Ancient Rome, compared to other historical times/places, so it is easier for them to file off the serial numbers and make it their own.

Manchin isn’t even a pretend democrat any more.

Love this book!

I’ll have to look for those.