Is the name of our in-yard treehouse, lest the city insist that we tear it down. I've got my own litte treehouse at the top of my home, the fourth-floor overlook that lets me peer down into the marshy sanctuary that is my neighborhood. Easy roof access from my porch, one of my favorite after-work activities is smoking a spliff or drinking a beer up ( Read more... )

Everything that I touch becomes art by virtue of my being an artist. On my taxes this year, I may put "visionary" as my occupation. It is how I occupy myself. I was reading Beagley's post on 10,000 hours of effort and those rare geniuses who succeed at what they put their hand to. What struck me was that no one who put in the 10,000 hours of effort failed ( Read more... )

Unexpected Women's Canoe on Monday. I was chilling at Cafe Mokka, trying to plow through some more of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues with limited success, when Sarah showed up and invited me along with her women's group. She dated Chris right after we split up, so we got to commiserate on his extreme hotness. Chiseled! Those abs! Those cheekbones! ( Read more... )

From Marie's yard, gracing my countertop ( Read more... )

It's really best to stay in practice. This afternoon, after work, I took a spliff and a ginger beer to the treehouse in my yard and watched the shadows stretch across the grass ( Read more... )

Because I can throw them farther ( Read more... )

My problem is that I get so caught up with living my life that I forget to stop and post about it ( Read more... )

I spent the morning in a busy cafe, drinking a tiny cup of espresso and writing letters. How quaint. Out the window, all the tiny tables were filled with young couples in sandals, soaking in the sunshine ( Read more... )

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down ( Read more... )

Ohhhh. I licked the bowl from the mushroom chocolates! That's why I felt so fucked up yesterday. Whew, and I thought I was losing it ( Read more... )