New Beginnings
“THAT crazed girl improvising her music. Her poetry, dancing upon the shore, Her soul in division from itself Climbing, falling She knew not where, Hiding amid the cargo of a steamship, Her knee-cap...
View ArticleA Vintage Valentine
“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say...
View ArticleIn Moments
Last night, I was sitting on a small bed in the lamplight and I was brushing my teeth. It was midnight and I was staring at my lover sitting at the opposite end of the room, staring off into space. He...
View ArticleLet’s All Try to Help Each Other Make Decisions
If everything is temporary, then why do we have to make decisions that sometimes negatively effect some while positively effecting others, or the self? We have to make decisions because the oxygen mask...
View ArticleStranger in a Strange Land
In life come moments of clarity. This vision is only offered, not commanded. Your choice is to live in a state of grace or continue in normality. No blame. Fear can be an awesome obstacle when a time...
View ArticleHeart Shapes
I have been being a snoop today. I like being a snoop, and am one of those people who is guilty of looking in peoples’ medicine cabinets and awkwardly moving around homes at parties gazing intently at...
View ArticleAn Ode to Termites: or, the Flexibility of Dreams
Dreams are funny things: moments of memory that catch in your heart, propelling you through time, or perhaps, fantasy. It’s hard to say. Ever since I was a little girl, or perhaps ever since I was...
View ArticleInspiration
Here, I watch the sunset over the neighbor’s barn Over the last month, 29 new people have started following this blog. Since I have not regularly posted to the blog in almost three years, and am...
View ArticleThe Year of Magical Thinking
I just started reading this book, by Joan Didion. She physically (and, as I read, emotionally/spiritually/whatever) reminds me of my friend Meredith, who I lost almost nine years ago. I was inspired to...
View ArticleAn Aside
I woke up late today; it is raining, and I always oversleep on rainy days. I went outside to take the puppy out and check on the bees. I gathered their sugar syrup feeder jars and chatted with them,...
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