Monthly Archives: May 2009

MOPPING + DIPPING Billy Stubbs Pit Boy BBQ Sauce

I snagged this recipe from Blackbird Wine Shop’s newsletter. When it comes to BBQ, I look to Billy Stubbs Texas Pit Master. He is my own mentor when it comes to grillin’, smokin’, chillin’. Stubbs schooled me in the way of the sauce like the Black Obi Wan Kenobi. I went with it. On faith. …

May 29, 2009 – 2:54 pm | By Jewel | Posted in Food + Drink | Comments (0)

A Poem for Summer Coming

Jack Spicer woke my wanderlust soul this morning with a poem. I appreciate the almost beat while staying off the beaten path. I think John Mayer read Jack Spicer. And I think mornings are suitable for thinking and elegies, for  mourning. Jack Spicer is dead. Here is a snippet. Get the whole thing on poets.org. …

May 27, 2009 – 1:41 pm | By Jewel | Posted in Musings, poetry + prose | Comments (0)

How I Fixed my HP C5180 Printer

After several weeks of no working printer, I finally sucked it up and decided it was time to fix it. The error message “Ink System Failure” had me thinking that I’d installed a faulty ink cartridge. (I have them refilled at the awesome Inkwell Xpress in downtown Portland, where Good Dog Bad Dog used to …

May 21, 2009 – 1:44 pm | By Jewel | Posted in How To | Comments (22)

a perfectionist at 12

Another one from the archives. 3.26.08. Funny how fast we grow and life changes in a year. Would be embarrassing if it weren’t honesty. when i was 8 i wanted braces – i’d make my own with paper clips. when i was 10 i wanted contacts – i’d suck on ice and put it in …

May 6, 2009 – 3:47 pm | By Jewel | Posted in Musings, My Life, poetry + prose | Comments (0)

desert poem

From the archives. 2.3.08 if i’d have known you as a Saguero, i’d have hunted for your flowers at night: suckled stamina, swam in scents, and kissed each sweetly good night – before they close in morning (for eternity?) if i’d have known you as a Vampire, i’d have been seduced into the quagmire of …

May 6, 2009 – 3:30 pm | By Jewel | Posted in Musings, My Life, poetry + prose | Comments (0)

Design Your own Notebooks

The venerable Moleskine-style notebook may claim the likes of Picasso and Hemingway among its past users, but an Oregon-based printing and publishing company recently launched a new alternative that offers the added appeal of eco credentials and customizability, and squarely targets (artistic) minipreneurs . Pinball Publishing’s Scout Book is a pocket-sized notebook with saddle stitching …

May 6, 2009 – 3:01 pm | By Jewel | Posted in ! Check It | Comments (0)