tendinitis ( Read more... )

current top ten in no particular order ( Read more... )

Current top ten in no particular order:

1. rice porridge with blueberry soup for breakfast
2. sun in the morning, a quiet house
3. not working, feeling better
4. home-made tourtiere
5. joy to the world
6. slow, thorough thinking
7. so many good books to read
8. spending christmas together
9. coffee
10. music in the air

current top ten in no particular order

1. less work
2. working on new book project
3. leaves, colors, scents of fall
4. a good movie for later tonight
5. sleeping in the deep green, not waking up early
6. not worrying about health issues
7. the kinks
8. chai at night
9. how much silence there is in the house now
10. earned breaks

it's strange when i realize that people that i like admire and are into the very things that i have a hard time accepting in our times: the glamorized coffee, the bright neon, the ever-changing look of things, the neverending race for something better and/or more ( Read more... )

last night i dreamt that i walked out of a large building with johnny depp. two sets of long stairs descended towards the street where a man was waiting in a car. the main stairs were made of gray stone, and were lit as though by twilight; that strange bluish hue, which gave the stairs a somewhat veiny, translucent look. they were weirdly steep, so ( Read more... )

when it's hot like this, we sit in the shade on the porch, not moving, not speaking. the air lingers close, so hot that it's like the sky was a big open oven, roaring fire on us. i watch the plants, their many shades of green; everything breaths slowly, lazily. every once in a while we smile. there's no need for anything ( Read more... )

kesä kuumimmillaan.

current top 10 in no particular order:

1. summer heat
2. lazing on the porch with the man
3. nude mornings
4. icy drinks
5. gardens in bloom
6. my birthday is coming up and it's going to be good
7. writing and mailing letters
8. lightning at night
9. ice cream in the sun
10. work-free days

holy holy, it's been a long week ( Read more... )

damn you, toothache.