This is Reefer.

My dear friend Amanda died early Saturday afternoon.  She was surrounded by friends. 
She slipped away so quickly and peacefully they thought she was still napping.
She was 40 years old.  I never met her in RL.

I was able to talk to her a shortly before she died.  We shared some laughter and a lot of tears.  She was very tired of the ( Read more... )

I'm posting this from my mobile on the Acela Express to Boston, so I'm not sure how it will format ( Read more... )

                                    From Seeing For A Moment by Denise Levertov

I've been bummed by some of the stuff I've been reading about Brooke.  People can be so nasty.

I think she's absolutely lush and stunning, and I just watched Vanya last night and cried along with her.  Her acting was so moving, and I had so many moments where my heart soared, a huge longing rose up within me, and my throat ached from the lump that ( Read more... )