fort myers ( Read more... )

drove with jenni, michael, and zoey straight to sand dunes national park. epic ass day, hiked up these huge dunes, michael eventually had to ditch the boogie board because of the wind (and it wouldnt slide on the sand). winds coming in from the south and small hail/rain coming in from above. we were separated from zoe and jenni and decided to keep ( Read more... )

picked up jersey mike on penn ave, he had a backpack and a yellow bike with a yellow bungee cord holding his mallet to the top tube. "damn this area is scary as hell" and i laughed at him. we got on the highway, took i95 up straight to boston, talked the whole way up giving each other shit. when i told mike we were staying with a few girls i know ( Read more... )

in the days it has taken to walk unfurled ( Read more... )

coronado
mr. powell
john colter
mr. albright

give the tenderfoots a try
let the boys in congress decide
when the winters here, with the snow
clear a spot in jackson's hole

though times of settling are here
we ask that you take your time
we ask that you bring us your flag
and unfold it, ready to display

woke up, cooked crepes (french i know). biked down to the mall w zach and a big american flag attached to my bike. parked, walked through crowds, stopped south end of mall 1 block east of the washington monutment. people crawled on port-o-potties and trees to see the man speak. i leaned on people, tearing up while yo yo ma and pearl played. biden ( Read more... )

like a fighting tank
like a walking dress
she's got her hair unkempt

in a dancing mob
she is moving less
of effort, more of force
counter-weight
spinning towards

soil is important
catch a pelican
a boat ride
to a marsh

chores and resolutions aside
i like your style

real quick run through ( Read more... )

noelle gave me the idea of recording what the hell i like about myself, habits i'd like to break, and negative things. benjamin franklin used to do this so it must be something good ( Read more... )

"I am … determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have … learnt from [experience] that the greater part of our happiness or misary [sic] depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances; we carry the seeds of the one, or the other about with us, wherever we go."
-Martha Washington