I really need to learn to stop telling people that I’m Palestinian. It invariably creates questions and conversations at times when I’d much rather just be reading while waiting for the bus or train. Do real Jewish people get asked by strangers with unsettling regularity for confirmation of their stereotypical genetic markers? I have never had someone react quite the way a woman at my morning bus stop did last Monday, however. Here, let me set it up: Every workday I walk from home in the old residential area of…
Tag: commute
Open Sundays, sorry if that’s a problem
Open on Sundays, sorry if that’s a problem I am, by most counts, a great transit commuter. I have TriMet on my RSS, so I catch announcements. I pay attention to reader boards in case of sudden changes. I’ve built a 20-30 minute cushion into my commute in case of total WTFs. So, when I saw that the west side MAX line was being worked on I was not concerned about probable 15-20 minute delays. I had my cushion. However, it is TriMet. So, instead of arriving at…
St George and Birthdays
I’ve always been fond of my birthdate, it pleased me as a nerdy kid to have a birthday right after Earth day (rhyme!) and when I later found out that Shakespeare was born and died on the day1 it added some class. Two years ago I learned that the day is also St. George’s day, but it wasn’t until very recently I even looked at what he was patron of. Turns out, totally appropriate birth-day saint, since he was also Palestinian. Rock. Anyhow, as of late I’ve been all embroidery-y…
Time filler
Sketchbook page, stitched
I always forget how much I like embroidering words until I do it again.