What happens when you try to take a monster on a nice outing to shop for some new reading material at Portland's Powells Books? It turns into him being declared leader of a very, VERY strange mob. It all started out innocently enough. Through my library's summer reading program I'd won a gift card for … Continue reading Finn McSpool’s Book-Shopping-Rabble-Rousing Outing
Finn McSpool: Intrepid Explorer of the Oregon Coast
After all his beach time in Maui, you'd think a monster would want to stay on dry land for a while. But when Mr Husband and I made plans to visit my mom's place at the Oregon Coast, the fearless Finn McSpool was eager for another beach trip. Our destination for the night was Netarts, … Continue reading Finn McSpool: Intrepid Explorer of the Oregon Coast
A Monster Mash-Up in Maui
After hearing of Mr Husband's and my misadventures at sea, Finn McSpool announced that all further Maui activities would be land-based (even though he doesn't put a dime into the travel budget, Finn feels it's entirely within his rights to dictate the itinerary). So, in this final installment of our Maui Adventure, we'll stay out … Continue reading A Monster Mash-Up in Maui
Stranded at Sea: A Harrowing Journey to Molokini
Herman Melville. Ernest Hemingway. Daniel Defoe. Tammie Painter. What do we all have in common? Until recently, only a desire to put pen to paper. But now I can join the ranks of these esteemed authors with my own tale of man versus nature, the dangers of the ocean, and being stranded at sea. The … Continue reading Stranded at Sea: A Harrowing Journey to Molokini
Finn McSpool’s Treacherous Trip to Kula Botanical Garden
This week's look back at Finn McSpool's Hawaiian Adventure takes him away from the beautiful beaches and bustling towns of West Maui and whisks him off to the slopes of a volcano in East Maui where he got into a little trouble at the Kula Botanical Gardens. Some Back Story Now, before we start this … Continue reading Finn McSpool’s Treacherous Trip to Kula Botanical Garden
A Monstrous Look at Lahaina
It's time for another look into the adventurous life of Finn McSpool. Even though he had fun playing the underwater Hawaiian explorer, sometimes a Beastie needs to spend some time on dry land. And that land in question this week is the little town of Lahaina in West Maui. Although now Lahaina is mostly just … Continue reading A Monstrous Look at Lahaina
I’m Still Angry…And I Plan to Stay That Way
So, it turns out that the results from Tuesday's election weren't just some super-vivid and super-scary nightmare. Damn it. I was really hoping my overactive imagination had gotten the better of me and that I would wake up to a sane world. So much for hope. I know today's should be given over to the … Continue reading I’m Still Angry…And I Plan to Stay That Way
Embarrassed and Ashamed
I have so much of my own (good) news to tell you that yesterday at this time I was dithering over what to share with you first. But after the nightmare of an election last night, today is too gloomy a day to do anything but apologize for what the U.S. has done. I truly, … Continue reading Embarrassed and Ashamed
My Cynical Thanksgiving-Eve Greeting
In the U.S. we're about to celebrate what used to traditionally be harvest time by gathering around a previously frozen turkey that spent its short life jacked up on hormones, antibiotics, and corn (probably in that order), then filling ourselves to bursting with mounds of food drowned under a liter of gravy*. Don't get me … Continue reading My Cynical Thanksgiving-Eve Greeting
Tammie Painter 