Sometimes the most painful thing to see in others is potential ... because therein lies so much HOPE ( Read more... )

When I said awhile back that my cube at work had moved yet again (and I laughed about our housekeeper saying they keep moving me closer to the door), did I mention that I have one of the best "views" in the company? Yeah, yeah, but did I also mention that I get bathed in sunlight at all hours of the day? My window is practically due south, and I ( Read more... )

Stolen from twotrees

( my favorite fifteen questions from her list )

... what to do next year ... meaning, this year, of course.

( herein lies a rambling on my future options, which will likely bore the hell out of most of you )

Oprah Winfrey may have given over 50 million dollars in 2003 to the Oprah Winfrey Foundation, which helps women and children, but I gave $50 to a fund for our housekeeper, who broke her leg (twice in the same week) and will be out of work for as much as six months. It's all I can afford right now without feeling like I'll end up on the recipient ( Read more... )

I am reading a book that is having a downright miraculous effect on my thinking. It might, and I did say MIGHT, just curb this pervasive restlessness that I have had all of my life. Oh my God, is it really possible for me to stop this incessant dreaming of living in nearly every single town I pass through ... or over ... or locate on a map ... or ( Read more... )

The remainder of a twelve pack of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale sits at the floor of my feet here in my lovely cube with a beautiful view (the beer was my "consolation" prize for having to pull an all-nighter a couple of weeks ago). The big bosses had no problem with me drinking at 2:00 a.m. on the job; I wonder what they'd say if I just sat here and ( Read more... )

I got my coastal storm churning waves and bashing cliffs. No, it wasn't Vancouver Island, and no, I didn't spend the whole weekend there. It was just the coast of Northern California and only two days. But my was it a storm. And I have once again been rejuvenated by the wild northern coast of California ... that makes two Februaries in a row. ( Read more... )

( February by Dar Wiliams )

From Annie Dillard's Pilgim at Tinker Creek:

Trees do not accumulate life, but deadwood, like a thickening coat of mail. Their odds actually improve as they age. Some trees, like giant Sequoias, are, practically speaking, immortal, vulnerable only to another ice age. They are not even susceptible to fire. Sequoia wood barely burns, and the ( Read more... )