The newspapers of these united states are publishing their summaries of last night’s presidential debates, and many of them use very similar words. Among the most popular, according to my non-scientific survey:
1. Testy
2. Feisty
3. Fiery
and a surprise runner up: Slugfest.

Chief Designer, especially if that’s all you go by, is a pretty good title.

Cheese in a soup? No, cheese is a soup!

What does Mt St Helens look like right now?
How about Mt Ranier (just in case)?

The State of Washington has launched their online archives!

Tastingmenu seems to be a very tasty blog/restaurant review site.

So there’s this artist person who re-uses Jakartan trash as shoulder bags. What local trash would make good material? Plastic grocery bags are quite good as crochet material when cut into strips (I recommend 1-1.5 inch strips with a J hook- cut off the top handles and bottom of the bag, then cut as one long spiral). I made the very recursive bag of bags that way. Thrift shop clothing can become quilt squares (I’ve not yet gotten back to my pink and grey wool quilt). Old t-shirts can become slippers (I may someday post the instructions I reverse-engineered).

Any other suggestions?

Maybe this will be one of those things where you hear about it for the first time and then see it everywhere: fake trees as cell towers. Even a giant pencil would be more fun than the big green-painted metal cylinder down the street from my house.

Loyal reader John (who gets bonus points for making me look up the work “fossick”) recommends the entertaining article by Christopher Buckley, “The Roquefort Wars.” If even Republicans aren’t happy, is anyone enthused about voting for W? I also do not recommend making choices based on the behavior of Michael Moore

Inspired by Susan Juby’s vacation, I’m eyeing vintage trailers. Mmmmm, another expensive and bulky hobby! But if you just want to visit, try Shady Dell.