Today got an early start and seemed to move quickly between road blocks that kept it slowed down dully ( Read more... )

I’ve been spending a lot of time counting these days. One more week to add to the growing pile of weeks we’ve put behind us. Practicing my arithmetic on the days ( Read more... )

It felt good to work hard this weekend. We arranged and rearranged, and now it finally feels as though things are coming together in our new home. Despite the rather untogether appearance of it all now… It’s really coming together.

It feels good to have big plans and ideas.

I’m looking forward to tomorrow.

>things i like ( Read more... )

This has been a week of anticipation. I love and hate looking forward. I love and hate looking backward. I’ve forgotten so much in both directions. I hope I still remember what’s important. Will the same things be important tomorrow as today ( Read more... )

It seems I’ve lost track of blogging these busy days. Strange for someone who used to think of most moments in terms of how they would look on a page. I must admit-I miss it. I must admit-it feels good to get these words down. How ever few they are, here they are. “all writing is a gift.” I used to go around with this on my forehead, and I ( Read more... )

this morning i ( Read more... )

I’ve always loved buildings and houses. As a kid, I poured over floor plans with unusual interest. I’d make up stories about who would live in such a house or what would be in such a building. Run down, or running down, buildings would make me inexpressibly sad. The idea that their stories were ending just seemed a terrible crime, and I would ( Read more... )

last weekend, i was cuddled in a blanket on the couch with my cat perched atop me trying to absorb whatever warmth she could in our furnaceless apartment. this weekend, i am recovering from emergency oral surgery due to wisdom teeth that suddenly decided to give me to most excruciating pain ever earlier this week. yesterday i was able to have ( Read more... )

today was

• alarm clocks
  
• coffee
  
• sweaters
  
• the beatles
  
• macaroni and cheese
  
• diet soda
  
• blogs
  
• photographs
  
• craigslist
  
• junior vanilla frosty
  
• soaking up the beautiful sun
  

it was sunny today, but that didn't mean it wasn't chilly, especially as the evening drew to a close. i drank warm beverages and read books under my blanket in my newly re- ( Read more... )