The blue piece with the grey pinstripes? I got that from a Nebraska boy with brown hair and soulful hazel eyes. We spent a humid Midwestern summer together, learning each other's bodies, memorizing the curves and the soft places. He left when the seasons changed, and he took a piece of my favorite white Tshirt with him ( Read more... )

Anthropologists don't know exactly when we did it, but it seems that one of the earliest things that our human ancestors did was master fire. Indeed, the ability to control fire seems to be one of the things that makes us human in many ways -- it allows us to cook and thus transformed our diet, it served as a source of warmth and protection and ( Read more... )

It's easy to say that I should have seen it coming. Looking back now, the signs were clear. But you know what they say about hindsight ( Read more... )

It is a curious fact of human biology that we need salt to live. It is salt that drives the engines of our cells, that fuels a myriad bodily processes that happen without our awareness every minute of every day to keep us alive. Consumed principally in the form of table salt, NaCl, just a few milligrams of this vital nutrient each day keeps us ( Read more... )

Well the sun rose
With so many colors it nearly broke my heart
It worked me over like a work of art
And I was part of all thatMornings aren't easy for me. The pull of sleep, of dreams, of rest is so strong. The warmth of my bed, the coziness and safety of the nest of pillows and blankets I've built, the hazy light coming through the curtains -- I'm ( Read more... )

And I see the permanent damage you did to me
Never again, I just wish I could forget when it was magic
I wish it wasn’t four am, standing in the mirror
Saying to myself, you know you had to do it I know
The bravest thing I ever did was run

The single greatest act of courage I have ever performed was locking that door behind me, leaving the key on ( Read more... )

Ain't that enough?
I turned your dreams into lightning
Ain't that enough?
I held the world back for you
Ain't that enough?
I loved you past the point of dyin'
Ain't that enough
Of me
For you?
    --- Melissa Etheridge ( Read more... )

I've spent a lot of time thinking about what I would say if I ever saw you again. If I ever turned a corner and came face to face with you. If I walked up to order my latte and you were the barista behind the counter. If I slipped into a train or bus seat, my eyes concentrated on my phone, only to look up and see that you were in the seat across ( Read more... )

But way back, where I come from,
We never mean to bother
We don't like to make our passions other people's concern
So we walk in a world
Of safe people
And at night we walk into
Our houses
And burn      -- Dar Williams, "Iowa ( Read more... )

When it's time, you'll know.

I know that sounds cliche, but you will.

There's no magick line in the sand, no definitive sign that it's time. It's different for everyone. But everyone hits their point of enough, and you'll know when you've hit yours. You'll know in the pit of your belly, in the darkest and most secret corners of your heart, with ( Read more... )