Have you ever been walking down the street when suddenly, your heart falls right out of your mouth? There it is, that pulsing, pathetic thing, writhing there on the sidewalk when it should be safely in your chest. The cool spring evening sends a breeze over it, and you watch as it stops and crumbles. Sometimes it might shatter, but more often it ( Read more... )

mmm, coffee. It has recently become a staple of my diet, and the new coffee I just got from Novo is amazingly delicious ( Read more... )

In Seattle. Eating a veggie dog loaded with all sorts of yumminess at CyberDogs, an all vegetarian hot dog and internet cafe. The place is very cool (although, I did just have to ask the cute hot-dog-girl to change the music, as the "song" that was playing made me want to claw my eyes out with a fork. very unpleasant) She now must think I'm an old ( Read more... )

Trying to find something on my computer....and instead, I found a journal I kept for a few months during the big transition into this life I currently have. It makes me laugh to read it, so I'm posting it here...

I’m really grateful that I’m a woman. I mean, if I were a man, it would be great, too…but I’m grateful for who I am and who I get to be. ( Read more... )

The trees are convincing me that it really is autumn. I love this time of year....the transition to a different time. Although I'm not looking forward to winter, I do relish in the changing of the seasons ( Read more... )

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I keep attempting to post something here...a summary of my recent activities, a log of just how much things have been happening here. But I can't ever think of something compelling to ( Read more... )

Today has turned out to be much more pleasant than how it began. Today I bought our own version of Settlers of Catan (with the Cities and Knights expansion), and A and I played a two-person version of the basic Settlers game, and put the rest of the game together in preparation for our game playing tomorrow night. I also made a very yummy potato ( Read more... )

Since when did Denny's become the catch-all community place, the safe haven for the teenagers staying out late and the lonesome old people having dinner before the evening news and one more night in a cold bed ( Read more... )

Arrived last night; the hostel we are staying in is quite wonderful, with bright, clean cosy room and kitchen. Not to mention internet access, which is why I'm writing now ( Read more... )