I had a lovely birthday celebration with my family in New York. Much love all around, and I was showered with gifts, most notably a high-end stethoscope from my father, and a leather-bound flask from Rob. Charming ( Read more... )

What did I get today? My motorcycle permit, that's what.

I've been neglecting my poetry posting. Tonight: when song lyrics become poetry.

First: is it a love song to a motorcycle, or to a girl?

( It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952 )

The Mason Jar has been shaken hard. In chronological order ( Read more... )

To entirely rearrange my life ( Read more... )

Rejected. Well, 'wait-listed,' which means, 'we liked you but not enough to give you a spot, so we will torture you with the slight microscopic, infinitesimal possibility that you might still get in.' Well, screw that. I am making plans as if there is no chance at all, and if Hell freezes over and they let me in, I will politely (with proper two ( Read more... )

Fencing equipment has taken over my little sedan. I can see out of the rear window, but only barely. My driveway is long, windy, heavily wooded, and only has a turnaround at the entrance ( Read more... )

1.) Today I learned how to operate a chainsaw, a skill which has long been on the top ten list of Things To Learn (Successfully accomplished: how to drive a stick-shift. Still waiting: how to fire a rifle). I chainsawed my way through about four large trees in the span of a few minutes. This will come in handy if ever the zombies invade. I ( Read more... )

1.) It has become official. I am moving into a small cabin in the middle of the woods ( Read more... )

1.) I've been working at the Putney Head Start for a week now. The children are handfuls (some more than others) and also insufferably adorable (some more than others). I love perhaps too easily, and I already love them all very much ( Read more... )