( The Story of a Chair )

"Haru no Hi"
by Kino Tomonori

"A Day in Spring"
Translation by Tomoko Yamamoto

In the soft spring sunshine
Cherry blossoms fall ceaselessly
Like the busy mind.

The puppy is hard at work chewing on something, and has that gleeful look of one up to no good. Excuse me a moment.

Tonight I had roasted veggies for dinner. Yellow and green peppers, onions, mushrooms, and garlic, with a pile of shredded cheddar/jack ready to be added as soon as they came off the stove. It was dripping olive oil, just the right amount of salty, it smelled wonderful, and it was exactly what I'd been craving all day. (If you have any comments ( Read more... )

Who has a dance class tomorrow?!?!

THIS GIRL!

So there I am on the internet, just hanging out, looking for a collar with ladybugs on it, when I run across a website. And I click a link. And through the rabbit hole I go.


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I heard a rumor the other day that I had dropped off the face of the earth. It was the type of rumor that you don't want to believe, but can't in good conscience dismiss either- so I did a little research to try and substantiate the claim. Turns out the whole dark story was true. I had fallen off the side ( Read more... )

Driving home tonight under a blue butter sky, watching the monuments slowly becoming brighter than their backdrop, admiring the shadows and colors of the bridges' reflections, seeing the dinosaur sillhouettes of Canada Geese against a soft sky, I spent a couple of minutes soaking up the panorama and thinking about how wonderful my commute is and ( Read more... )

The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper ( Read more... )

Here's the deal ( Read more... )