Essays Pioneers In Petticoats: A 1969 BYU Film About Trashy Women I've been putting this one off for years because it felt too overwhelming. But at long last, please enjoy my recap of the 1969 BYU cinematic masterpiece, Pioneers
Skylar Phone Calls This man I'm married to has been on a break from school since before the Titanic. It's been mostly a good thing. Obviously I love having
Palau Straight and Narrow In the summer of 2013 I was living in Palau, on the Equatorial Pacific, for work. I had been on the islands for nearly a year—a very hard year.
Skylar Skyman's Birthday It's Skylar's birthday today, or so he reminded me promptly at 8:18 this morning with a pointed throat clearing from the other room, followed by
Louie Baby Monster I'm not sure Louie is ever actually going to learn his real name. Not because he's dumb. This dog is not dumb. I wish he was
Skylar 2021 Our house is covered in pee. I know that's probably not literally true, but I still think it might be. As it turns out, 10-week old puppies are
Skylar Fraxeling I knew I was in for a very inconvenient few weeks when I saw it get added to the calendar. "Fraxeling, Skylar." He instituted a strict calendar sharing
Skylar Rage Cleaning Suddenly I found myself gripped in a cleaning rage. It was Saturday morning, nearly 9:30. Skylar had planted himself on the floor to play with Louie and start a
Louie Puppy Training We have now posted tickets to our next Strangerville Live, which will be on January 21 and 22 in SLC. It will feature Jolyn Metro, Whitney Call (JK! Studios), Meredith
Duncan World, Meet Louie! I talked about this on Strangerville recently, so I'm probably sorry if this is redundant, but I decided to get a new puppy for Skylar for Christmas. I
Skylar Rotisserie Chicken We had just gotten in the car to drive to our friend Shelby's place for a gingerbread house party when Skylar informed me he was "like, so
Skylar Judgment Free Zone I was at the gym around noon today when I saw Skylar wander in, whistling, and carrying a GIANT jug with him. He doesn't normally go to the
Skylar Scholarship Video Someone introduced Skylar to this TikTok trend months ago where a person tells their parent that they need to record a video for a scholarship where they have to explain
Skylar Parking Ticket Skylar called me at 9:14 this morning. "Can you give me some Bible verse about arrogance?" he asked. "Huh?" I was in the middle of
Recipes My Mother's Sweet Potato Soufflé Recipe None Of You Asked For, Which Was Rude. As some of you may be aware, we are doing another Thanksgiving soon. In my experience, these happen nearly every year. And boy do I have good news for you:
knitting First Amendment I flew into NYC on Wednesday to attend a First Amendment conference for my job. The conference ran Thursday and Friday and it included lectures and panels from some of
Skylar Trick or Treat It all started because we didn't have costumes but we had a party to go to. Skylar and I had just met a few months before and we
Recipes My Mother's Minestrone Soup Recipe None Of You Asked For, Which Was Rude I forgot this is supposed to be a cooking blog and I haven't given you a new recipe for a while. Here's my mom's
covid Smells Almost the exact moment I published my last update on Stranger last Thursday, mere seconds after I typed the words at you "I haven't lost taste or
Skylar Breakthrough Almost the moment we walked into our house on Sunday night after getting back from the Vegas wedding, a small cough erupted from the inner-most depths of my soul. We
Matt Upgrade Matt got married this weekend. We were disappointed with this because we had fully planned to have him live in our basement one day and be "oh that'
Skylar Letter to Sky I know this seems like the anniversary that will never end; I promise this is the last of this. Each year I write Skylar a letter on our anniversary (he
Duncan A Weekend Getaway "We really should bring Duncan. He hardly ever gets to take a vacation and he could use one considering how hard he works." Skylar was referring to our
Skylar "I'll Just Get Ready On The Way" Skylar climbed into the car, half naked, and said "I'll just get ready on the way." It was so casual, the way he said it. Like
Skylar And You Doubted Me I woke up to the sound of a phone ringing. Skylar was making a call at 7:30. "Bright Smile Dental. How can I help you?" "Yes—
