Pea soup, green but not split pea. A generous noodle sausage-carrot-cheest mixture from the bottom of the pot, with a dollop of lettuce and tomato for a salad side dish. Even in the Czech Republic the moms (and the woman who serves me most definitely is one) still urge you to eat your veggies. The burned macaroni was fine - it's only 2:53 and ( Read more... )

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You are the Sun card. The light of the Sun reveals
all. The Sun is joyful and bright, without fear
or reservation. The childish nature of the Sun
allows you ( Read more... )

Finally did my reading - and SANG! It was so freeing to let go - the tears, the shame, the anger, the sadness. I miss my father and reading brought him closer. Now I can add to the memoir ( Read more... )

Had my first good night's sleep in nearly 2 weeks. Ten luxurious hours - no classes, no walks, no stairclimbing long escalators that could double as bomb shelter entrances - just warm sheets and a large glass of creamy (bily) yogurt - the way it should be - the type that slithers around your tongue and down your throat in a caress ( Read more... )

There is something about knowingly going into a tourist trap. Indeed a particularly large tourist trap can be rather satisfying. Such is the case with the puppetry version of Mozart's Don Giovanni in puppet form in Prague. Like everything else Czech, it's done with a great deal of humor and the unexpected - like the rainy scene where they drench ( Read more... )

What an evening! Had a poet (Gail Wronsky), fiction writer (Bret Lott) and nonfiction teacher/colleague (Christopher Merrill) read on God, Faith and Textuality. Learned a lot about what NOT to do in terms of writing and life partners. It's funny, when the question came, only one person - the poet, had a partner who was a fellow writer (nonfiction ( Read more... )

Just had my first pizza in Praha at Maestro, down the block from the Filosofiske Fakultet at Universitat Karolina (Charles University). We got there about 1pm and the pizza wasn't on the table until about 2:15 or so pm. But the food was heavenly - our treat for the program screw up. Perhaps it is true that patience and good will really do pay off ( Read more... )

Last night was wonderful! Had dinner with my mom, my grandmother, my godmother and my cousin (not the one who bailed). It was supposed to be a surprise birthday dinner, so I'm a bit ticked off at my cousin who couldn't keep it a secret (even though she herself wasn't coming!) The Cream of Crab with sherry was sinfully delicious (almost as good as ( Read more... )

There's a new love in my life and I miss her so very much. Our year anniversary is today. Still blue skies, but no state bird to taste my skin every 2 seconds ( Read more... )

Since the moon is waning.... my wishes for increase will happen next week. For now... it is less than 30 minutes and counting from my actual birthtime ( Read more... )