so, heat wave of the century, possibly, yesterday, followed by the big storm of the summer. love! (for me at least.) today, it's a beautiful day & i have no intention of letting the day go by without my taking note of every beautiful thing i see.

my night, last night?
come home from work to find miz maude in a wreck over her lack of funds, sadly ( Read more... )

yes, i am fully aware of the distinct lack of updating... this will be remedied, or so i promise myself.

in other news, however, strange hackers have hacked into one of the sites we have at work, & the following is their message, & all of what is displayed on the screen...

Patriotic Hackers Ownz. Down with!! down with turkis goverment!! We are ( Read more... )

really, do, come in. we welcome your company, if you match the description we've haphazardly concocted...
we are ( Read more... )

oh, i spent a weekend that was short but seemed like a thousand days. & i smile for the great truth that i know such lovely, welcoming people... mi casa es siempre su casa.

(please, correct my spanish if i am wrong.)
friday night? oh! dinner, wine, & i don't remember... perhaps i had an excellent night's sleep. yes, likely. but more likely ( Read more... )

(she stands in the doorway, oblivious to the world & smoking a cigarette. he walks, carrying an umbrella & a map. but she doesn’t notice him.)

he: "excuse me? sorry to-"
she: "ahh!"

(she screams, she jumps. silence.)
he: "i was going to say 'sorry to bother you,' but that look could win an award..."
she: "you’re..."
he: "the guy from desperate ( Read more... )

sometimes all you need to do is take a step back & breathe, & if it's cold outside, at least you can see the breath you take. (work hard enough & you'll see it all the time... what colour is yours?)

claire & helmut came for shawn's birthday, two years old & still smiling. (maybe the damage of the devil is undone.) claire stayed, she's here until ( Read more... )

what a week ahead of me! (or, not really, but there's plenty to be done...)

monday/today.+ decide what sort of cake i am making for tomorrow. restrictions: must be child-friendly, as for a two-year-old's birthday. must be decorate-able. must not my my fabulous carrot cake, as miz maude does not appreciate such wonder ( Read more... )

& so the weekend comes to a close...

(francis hitting maude with a tree branch.)
maude: "ow! that's hard! but it's ok... i like it 'cause i'm german."

i found a man, a beautiful man, a spirit jailed by the weakness of the so-called system & i ask you all to read, to learn, to educate yourselves on the situation. tre arrow is a human being with a message of love & respect, of kindness, of responsibility for one's actions towards the web of life.
why did it take me so long to veer onto this path & ( Read more... )

where i live, there's an alley in the shape of a T behind the iron stairs down. we live where the crossbar meets the vertical line & we see it all, all the people we know & their children & their cats, because there are a lot of children here & even more cats. so i come home to kids playing ball; maude & i join in. it's like a small town within ( Read more... )