It is time to start writing again. For something that moves me so passionately, something that I feel with such force down in the depths of my very bones, I avoid it too often. I've been plagued with the fear of failure, the fear of not being able to achieve with my words the beauty and the meaning that I want. And I don't know where that came from ( Read more... )

So good: http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/03/usa-shopping-malls-summer-1990/.

I had another brilliant weekend. A couple of down moments, but remembering: all things shall pass.

It was gorgeous Saturday. Ryan, Ellison, and I went for a hike and then to the beach where we flew a kite and played in the sand. Friday night we made sushi and tempura ( Read more... )

I like this very much: http://www.copyblogger.com/do-not-stop/#more-13528

Also, it's interesting to think about how things would be different if significant events in our lives and in history had gone differently: http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/03/16/ ( Read more... )

My sister blew her nose and my brother responded from sleep, "Mmhmm, I know." It loped out like the rambling start of some profound song, a tune that wrecks your bones. My brother, dreamland prophet. I want to slip in and ask, "Are we going to be okay? You, me, and all of the others?" I try in spite of myself, urge that incorporeal wanderer from my ( Read more... )