He sits down next to me at the bar at the Basement. Somehow we're in a conversation, talking about music and it comes out that my daughter is a musician, she's 21. It is determined that I have actually seen him perform a year and a half ago. He goes outside to talk and have a cigarette with the guys. Finally, the music is going to start. He's ( Read more... )

I drove to Wellfleet today for an interview at the Wellfleet Library. It went very well, but, again, I won't know anything for awhile. I hate that! I heard that there is an opening at the Truro Library that just came up. I didn't go there today, but I did stop in last trip. Still haven't seen the awesome new Provincetown Library, though ( Read more... )

I just found this today. Unfortunately, those who need it most won't be reading this. Also, it has become acceptable to mispronounce certain words, like February, and to use colloquial expressions as if they were correct, thus further corrupting the language. You know what I mean: "They fixed it up just perfect" rather than "They fixed it up ( Read more... )

There is a story about a Navajo grandfather who once told his grandson, "Two wolves live inside me. One is a bad wolf, full of greed and laziness, full of anger and jealousy and regret. The other is the good wolf, full of joy and compassion and willingness and a great love for the world. All the time, these wolves are fighting inside me." "But ( Read more... )

The beach is THAT way ( Read more... )

Sunny day turned gray ( Read more... )

What I always liked most about you was your thoughtfulness and ability to make me think. Not very many people ever present that challenge to me; not many are aware that I am brains and beauty. Some are so terrified of it that they run quickly in the other direction ( Read more... )

It's official--Steve's going to UCLA to study biostatistics in September. I don't even know what that is! I'm feeling a little blue because as little as I see him now, there is at least a possibility of seeing him. This feels like I am losing him. I know that I'm not, but it seems like it ( Read more... )

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." This has been attributed to Sigmund Freud. Did he really say this or did someone else say it? I know he is big on symbolism, but you can't give him credit for everything ( Read more... )

A man has called me on the phone
I know that it is a man
although I wasn't home
and there was no message on the machine.
The caller ID said --unavailable--.
That has to be a man.