As implied a couple of entries ago, I've taken some time away from writing. Things are good--excellent, really--and I'm just enjoying Being.

However,
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In the past, I've shared some poems that I enjoyed, ones that particularly resonated with me. I'm going to post two  tonight, but wanted to clarify that they don't necessarily refer to any certain situations in my life. I just like them. Enjoy. =)

[eight ball]

It was fifty cents a game
       beneath exhausted ceiling fans,

the smoke's old spiral.  ( Read more... )

Finally.

It's been a good day.

This is where I wanted to be. The best, healthiest place for not only me, but for Us. I hope you're happy to hear that, so hold it close for awhile, because this is going to be the last novella about Susan for a very long time.

I've remarked before how innate it is to me to express myself via phrase and metaphor. This ( Read more... )

I'm in a good place.

It usually takes me a week to process things, to percolate, to cry it out, to thrash and wail, to argue myself into submission. This time, it took me eight days. Not bad.

I know what I want, and what I have to do.

Clear eyes, full heart, can't lose.

16. "All of man's unhappiness comes from an inability to stay in his room alone," said Pascal, advocating a need for a man to build up his own resources over and against a debilitating dependence on the social sphere. But how could this possibly be achieved in love? Proust tells the story of Mohammed II who, sensing that he was falling in love with ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning to a curious sensation: I was out of words.

Strange, that.

You get used to things bouncing around your head that you can't get rid of. I usually have a few things that I cycle through, but there's been one situation in particular that's been fermenting for a month. Things I wanted to know, things I wanted to say. To ask, to ( Read more... )

Just like last time, I'm going to break it down by genre.  I'll provide links to my most favorites, but there's 53 of them, so some of them you have to look up yourself. Sorry.  I'll separate it into my Top 10 for each genre, then the rest. Ok, wait, that might be cheating, because if I have 3 genres, that's 30 out of 53 books that are my "best". ( Read more... )

I think the most daunting part of The List is simply tracking everything. For someone who adores organization like myself, it's not necessarily unenjoyable. However, finding the time to do so has escaped me to this point, so I'm forced to make random slash marks on the backs of receipts or the edges of calendars to note what I have or haven't done ( Read more... )

Tonight I measured
how we sat side by side
in this too-small booth,
speaking in chorus;
words swaddled in the din of the bar
yet you heard every one
and our eyes sang.

Well versed in our arrangement,
I listened to the
strain of your calf
against mine,
the accent of your hip,
the cadence of your glances,
waiting for you to move away.

But as you leaned your ( Read more... )

Lacey Named a "Green Power Community" by EPA

Lacey has been designated as an official "Green Power Community" by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in recognition of local residential, business, and municipal green power use--making our city one of only twelve such communities in the entire nation. EPA awards the honor to cities ( Read more... )