Electrolicious

Dog painting at Liberty
Originally uploaded by arielmeow.
Sassafras celebrated her Gotcha Day this week by getting abscessed anal glands again — first one on Wednesday, then one today. It’s not been a good week for my dog’s ass.

It was one year ago today that I drove with Dawn over the Cascade mountains to go meet Sassafras. We looked like a pink-haired lesbian couple, and my first encounter with Sassafras was watching her hop out of her foster-family’s pick up, and immediately skulk away with her tail tucked.
Dawn, who’s worked with service […]

Welcome Home! from arielmeadow on Vimeo.

Around Dre’s and my 10 year anniversary a few months ago, I jokingly mentioned that I would write up our top five relationship tips. I never did, and someone just emailed to remind me. Oh yeah.
Ok, so obviously we’re just lucky and stupid and I honestly have no idea how a couple of etards who […]

Yesterday my dear old friend Susannah came into town for a visit. We started the day off at the Goodwill store on Dearborn, because you see, Susannah is pretty much the queen of thrifting and fabulously kitschy home decor. My tastes tend towards the minimal, modern, brightly colored and clean — “space station for toddlers” […]

The other night I glanced out our livingroom window towards the huge tree that looms over the street. Silhouetted against a neighbor’s porch light, I saw the shape of a small rat way up in the tree, scampering along a branch and eating. I liked the idea that despite living in the city, surrounded by […]

Russian Pop from arielmeadow on Vimeo.
The construction guys downstairs have been listening to tons of Russian pop while they work. Hours and hours of it. At a certain point last Friday, it got so ridiculous that I had to capture it. No tape deck, so I used my camera. But then I had to figure […]

Is the arc of your life somewhat planned or is it as random as it appears. By this I mean, so many moves and job changes etc. Conversely, what are the unchanging elements that mean the most to you?
This is an awesome question. It’s odd to think of my life as seeming random because I […]

A few weeks ago, Gwen came to rework our living room while The Seattle Times watched. Here’s the resulting article, and of course Miss Sassafras plays a role:

Can you believe we’re STILL waiting for our house to close? (And STILL paying our mortgage on it.) Our buyers have had a hell of a time getting their financing (I guess American banks don’t like dealing with European buyers) and every week it’s supposed to happen “this week” and every week it doesn’t.
Supposedly this […]