...the suckers lose themselves in the games they learn to playCan't seem to settle on a song today. Usually I listen to one song all day, on repeat; sometimes I listen to two or three songs in a day - each on repeat, taking turns. I don't often listen to mixed lists (though I used to). Today I can't seem to settle on a song, and I begin to ponder ( Read more... )

....it was like an autumn morning - it could be called an autumn morning, by rights: here we are after the equinox, late September...yes, it *is* an autumn morning, cool and crisp, clear and fresh (rather than fresh and clear, which is a spring morning). Walking across campus to the Library was not humid and sticky and sweaty; walking across campus ( Read more... )

...deeper than bonesTeaching classes all morning; not sure how I'll do it, i.e., energy, but I'll do it somehow. I always do. It's the strength of my will, and my southern charm, no doubt ( Read more... )

I have an invisible illness. Well, actually I have several, but there is one in particular I want to talk about since it's the most difficult with which to cope. So, ( here's 30 things about my invisible illness you might not know: )

...that I think of wanting to be warm. Being hot-natured, I am fond of cold rooms and cool sheets and oscillating fans and the like. Autumn and spring are my favorite seasons because they balance the cool very well. I love winter, but not as much as I used to because of my joints. But I greatly dislike summer; I hate the heat. (No, owl_clan, that's not ( Read more... )

I've seen the suckers loose themselves in the games they love to play ( Read more... )

...a sun will rise over my City; butterflies in glass cages; and the secret that is sleeplessness: these are my necklaces this morning, or the pearls piercing my ears. I'm not telling, either way, but that's the point of the secret: to keep it ( Read more... )

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...the lonely night discloses...just a passing breeze, filled with memoriesCassandra Wilson has such a wonderful voice. And she's a Mississippian - from Jackson, I think. *proud to be a Mississippian* Good people come from MS: Eudora Welty, Faulkner, Richard Wright, Oprah Winfrey (...well, sometimes that's debatable, but in general, she's good; she ( Read more... )