Gavelwrench Fishfire | A Blog

A fantastic video I saw online today. And then another one about stoop sitting!

My sister Jessica joins Gavelwrench as a contributor. In her first post, she discusses a movie that played a special role in her childhood and how it still informs her imagination.

Discussing the checkered past of the Native American staple fry bread.

Pop god meets real God.

“Some of the most interesting people I know don’t know what to do with their lives.”

A discussion of the unrealistic expectations floating around online for the Lost series finale.

Two days and 55 peeps richer*, I finally finished my entry into the Washington Post‘s annual Peeps diorama contest.  For those of you who haven’t seen it on my Facebook, here ’tis again: And here are some other photos taken by the talented Kari Barber. I started brainstorming last Wednesday what I wanted to do. [...]

Football is a real bore to me, but last night’s game actually held my interest. I blame this in part on the two feet of snow outside (and 10 inches more on the way). I love snow as much as I did when I was a little kid, but D.C. ain’t Hendersonville. No hills for [...]

For anyone stuck in a “sideways universe,” one in which your life does not revolve around ABC’s Lost, man, do I feel sorry for you.  Last night was the season premiere and it was riveting stuff. The episode combined the excitement of season one with the compelling character arcs that have made this show such [...]

I had just finished a nice dinner party of fish tacos and tofu chocolate mousse when I heard that movie hero Patrick Swayze died of pancreatic cancer. He was 57. I will forever love Swayze for his willingness to be both brawny and tenderly philosophical in his roles.  His characters always had the best names, [...]