"If you want a happy ending that depends, of course, on where you stop your story."

This is a quote that has been making the rounds in my head today. At first reading you might think it pessimistic. But really, it could be applied to the opposite and still be true.
My life would have had a happy ending in the beginning of June last year. It would ( Read more... )

Dear Santa ( Read more... )

Tonight, near the meat deli section of the grocery store, I burst into tears ( Read more... )

It's a strange mood, a reflective day. The weather, the heat? I am tempted to describe it in the manner of one of my amateur-simile-enthusiast-sophomores. Today feels as hot as an oven.
In reality I feel as silly as they do, navigating life through the heat wave. None of us are accustom, though it returns each year. Sometime it will hit me: This is ( Read more... )

http://vonnegut.com/
I've been at a loss of words and emotions. I went to that web address and it's the only thing on there right now. That picture made me more at peace with my thoughts about it than anything else.

I no longer live in a world where Kurt Vonnegut is alive, and I'm ok with that.

I remember a lot from my childhood, surprisingly. Perhaps it was not that long ago, and that is the reason. We were a family that loved each other, but were not steeped in traditions, at least not the traditions that other people have, steeped in culture and generations of practice. Our traditions include tamales and enchaladas for christmas dinner ( Read more... )

"Fitter Happier"

more productive
comfortable
not drinking too muchregular exercise at the gym (3 days a week ( Read more... )

You know that old stereotype about teachers being these lone old maid spinster-like creatures ( Read more... )

Things I am happy about ( Read more... )

Today I went to Target. Alone. Watched movies. Alone. Teaching feels good...but solitary.
I can't tell if I feel terribly alone or just terribly mature.
I'm getting older. Such things are to be expected.
Do you think people have babies just to fight boredom and silence?