i was reading old emails and journal entries, and it got me all nostalgic. so much time has passed, so much has changed. but some things never will ( Read more... )

only: it has been a long time ( Read more... )

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further reasons my husband is great:

the spontaneous roadtrip to chi-town he proposed this weekend.

he impresses the crap out of my dad.

and he and i have the most amazing singalongs on road trips.

i'm glad to be home, but what a fun weekend. my parents are so cool.

Reasons why my husband is great ( Read more... )

it's funny how things always look different depending on where you're standing. i don't always know where to stand for the best vantage point. or perhaps each vantage is as good as the others. i can't really say for certain ( Read more... )

vote for america's favorite poem

i miss poetry. life has been much too distracting lately ( Read more... )

sometimes i love my city ( Read more... )

today was upanddown, but i like to remember the up. we adventured to the edge of the river, so close that i thought i might fall in. we climbed up a muddy bank and laughed. it was sunny and beautiful. my favorite type of day. i felt exhilirated. i could have done anything today ( Read more... )

Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's.

sometimes i think language is silly. we stick so closely to rules that aren't really rules trying to keep our words "correct" when such a thing surely does not exist. i like to collect the rules for novelty's sake, but i don't always follow them.In a series of three or more terms with a single ( Read more... )