Lupines are blooming!

The canned beans were rubbish, but the smoked Dr. Pepper ribs made up for them

Made sandwiches with the other breast and let me tell you…

Got a smoker. Made Cajun turkey breast and brats with the cherry prunings from last year.

15/10 would smoke again

Y’all don’t know about my noodles (the secret is sweet bean sauce….and a truly excessive amount of green onion 🤫)

In El Paso and my chile relleno burrito is the size of a small cat. Send help!

My TED Talk from three years ago apparently pissed off a dude named ActionJaxon and made a sweet sounding woman named Arline very happy—I just can’t stop winning at life these days!

#wokeideologicalnonsense

Meanwhile, Bobby and Marcel like to cosplay as cows with their cat oats. Limpet is…not interested.

This is Limpet. Her favorite toys to murder are her stuffed duck and athletic socks. When done, she likes to hang them from the center support beam of our box spring like a trophy rack. Last night I found six evenly-spaced socks and her duck dangling while she beamed with pride.

Look, all seasons have their virtues, but how are you gonna truly top spring when it comes down to it?

Don’t forget to check out the Utah Poetry Festival virtual bookfair to complete those summer reading lists!

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Y’all didnt know Utah has the best poetry festival in the country, but now you do. Free, virtual, and happening today and tomorrow!

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Rolling into Spokane with Rosalyn Collings Eves and ten of the dopest Rhetoric and Writing undergrads around—y’all can be jealous, it’s ok.

Grand tip: bao dough is ridiculously easy to make and freezes great. Slap some chopped chicken strip, chili sauce, and pickled banh mi veg on and serve with gochujang sweet potato fries and you’ve got a 10 minute dinner

Everybody, here's the cover of The Night the Rain Had Nowhere to Go, my book coming from Belle Point Press in June. So much gratitude to editor Casie Dodd, and to 🇰🇷 Joan Kwon Glass and Marianne Worthington for their generous reading and commenting. You can pre-order today!

When you should be grading, but it’s spring break…

#squad

3D printing is a game changer for minis—I still prefer hand-sculpting, but I’m nowhere near good enough to sculpt figures and accessories at that scale.

Still, I think I’ve leveled up to the next print—a large (14 piece) modular pirate galleon with playable stages. Stoked!

Tracy effing Chapman y’all

Tavern interior is coming along—just need to build the actual bar!