2016 has been a most­ly good year in my life, but it’s been a dif­fi­cult one in our nation and our world. Memes abound anthro­po­mor­phiz­ing 2016, and it seems like most peo­ple will be glad to see the year end.… Read more2016 roundup

I’ve been mak­ing music since I was a small child. It start­ed with singing, then includ­ed piano, flute, and dou­ble bass, and now I most­ly just sing and play piano. Lis­ten­ing to music is a great plea­sure, but mak­ing music… Read morewhy I make music (and why I prac­tice)

I bought the Drinks by the Dram Whisky Advent Cal­en­dar this year, and it’s amaz­ing. Each day, I’ll update this post with the one I’ve tast­ed. Twen­­ty-four drams of deli­cious­ness. Here we go! 1 Dec: The Lost Dis­til­leries Blend Batch… Read moreWhisky Advent Cal­en­dar

I went to Leaky­Con in Octo­ber and had a FANTASTIC time. My friend Austin and I cel­e­brat­ed our way through the week­end. I cos­played each day, some days with mul­ti­ple cos­tumes. The first day, I was Luna Love­g­ood, and once… Read moreHar­ry Pot­ter cos­play at Leaky­Con

I’ve been play­ing a num­ber of games over the past few months, some new ones and some not-so-new ones. Canalis: We played this game with 4 play­ers a cou­ple times over the week­end. It’s part of the Tem­pest uni­verse (which… Read moreDecem­ber gam­ing edi­tion