I try. I try. I try ( Read more... )

2010 was a long year. Years of upheaval often are. Last January all things were in the stages of planning. Nothing had panned out and everything was a distraction from the waiting. I couldn't have predicted the fiasco with my partnership visa being rejected 3 times, with getting way-laid by my flagged passport at the UK border en route to the US ( ( Read more... )

This poem was just accepted into a local literary magazine, and I'm pretty pleased with it, so thought I'd share. It's for my friend Mike Brown, who unfortunately committed suicide last year ( Read more... )

Beautiful stranger ( Read more... )

I'm thinking of starting a new blog, a food blog in particular, where I can basically run my mouth off on what's cooking (and eating) lately, recipes I've stolen and blundered or twisted into things delicious or unsightly, or things started and ended in my head ( Read more... )

I seem to have caused a fiasco at work. All I really did wrong was to leave early, which seeing that there were almost no kids and lots of teachers, should have been completely fine. Yes I suppose I should have checked with the boss, but honestly, it's not like they're actually at school more than a couple of hours a day. It's just the crushing ( Read more... )

It's been an intense August. Traveling and living on the fly makes me a little uneasy, but then coming home feels so sweet. I've made it my goal to try out many new home-y things this fall; baking different types of bread, sprouting seeds and grains, transcribing my recipes. It's not that I've stopped writing over the past couple of years, but ( Read more... )

I've got another blog with Katie of our travels (with lots of pictures) at

http://stripwis.blogspot.com/

I seem to be somewhat loquacious when I'm having these bouts of morning insomnia. I must admit I've been fretting a bit about going to the UK. It's hard to be at ease someplace when you're worried about whether you'll be any more than an inconvenience. I never really thought I'd have it in me to take crap for someone else, but Katie's not going to ( Read more... )

I have the sinus infection of the living dead. Second time since June, and it feels like both sinuses are infected. It's finally turned into summer here, the rain clearing for a matter of days, not hours, and I'd love to frolic in the sunshine. However, I don't feel very much like frolicking. The Czechs have some stigma about going out in the sun ( Read more... )