I was best at both my day job as a civil rights lawyer and in my pro bono activism when I was enrolled in weekly metalsmithing classes. Our brains are definitely not meant to spend all their time in the misery pit.

What a beautiful grayby!

Oof. I'm headed home to Michigan next week for my first visit since moving to California and I feel you on the "what do you mean I need a coat?!" Stay warm!

This is rad!

New Years resolution: monthly alf hog reskeet to keep this place weird.

The Indigenous peoples of these continents really nailed it with crop/forageable selection. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, squashes, beans, peppers, chocolate, vanilla, corn, manoomin, tomatoes. If I had to get stranded with only plants from one side of the world, I'd choose potatoes and chilies.