sweet cream in the sky ( Read more... )

I am sitting
alone on the dock.
The air is calm, the water calmer.
I reach a foot down
and barely skim the surface.
The water is wet. Cold. Mysterious.
And alive - yes, I lean
in closer to see more.
The sun suspends its invitation.
I pull away
and tuck my legs beneath me,
looking out; sitting tall.
Mysterious.

Once upon a summer evening there were two b-e-yootiful princesses (prin-CESS-es) skip skip skipping their white and blue plastic gamepieces across the board of LIFE ( Read more... )

I left ( Read more... )

Let's walk: up one hill and into conversation ( Read more... )

My cousin Laura asked this question over Memorial Day weekend when she and my aunt and uncle were visiting some family graves. Her heart is not doing so well these days, and she has been bumped up to the top of the list to receive a heart transplant at Mayo Clinic. While she was talking with the nurses about what this involves, she asked my aunt ( Read more... )

I randomly picked up a journal/notebook next to my bed, flipped it open halfway through - and found a poem I wrote God knows when...I want to say winterspring of 04, but who's to say ( Read more... )

*whew* okay, grad party is over - now for the ceremony and family gathering tomorrow...

fun times, fun times!

p.s. is my brother really allowed to gragimitate from high school?

I listened to the second half of an NPR interview with Thomas Frank this morning. (The man has a healthy sense of humor - so refreshing.) I am left with two bold-faced, 72-point-font questions ( Read more... )

It is 4:41pm and I am still in my pajamas. THIS NEVER HAPPENS! (anymore) I LOVE IT!!