I spent another weekend in pgh, to my delight. There was a vegetarian breakfast cafe, cemetery viewing- complete with fence hopping, dumpster diving at trader joe's where we won much bounty, and a limo crawl because that's the only public transportation to get late at night, apparently. It was deathly cold, and there was gorgeous dancing. I came ( Read more... )

1. Will never get flustered into a date again.
2. Keep having vibrant dreams. I feel this is healthy.
3. Only cried for 15 minutes after this interaction with A. Improvement deserves to be rewarded with cookies!
4. You need to go running.
5. You are silly.

Thanksgiving was grand because of the two day duration. I was holding my own against the babylust that is my grand-niece... until I fed her. That baby is way too adorable, and holding her, it was hard to convince myself that I didn't really want one ( Read more... )

Today I catered a meal for the visiting artist, Carol Ann Carter, and the art students. It was a lovely meal of local and organic foods, mostly. It was loaves of bread from Rachel's, homemade blackberry jam, co-op honey, greens from the farmer's market with Irish French dressing and Balsamic Vingrette, brown rice with vegetable curry- with dhal to ( Read more... )

These are the things that excite me ( Read more... )

Just a little more on the knives... I find this a fascinating pattern ( Read more... )

I am happy and well. If I were in Cambodia, it would be knom sok sebaay. It would also be a lie if I were there. But I am in Goshen and had an amazing summer of no (minimal) stress and affirmation and good friendships, even with the goodbyes mixed in. My housemates get here in the next three days, as does my little sister. Then we have a weekend at ( Read more... )

I am lucky. Life is grand... and I keep reflecting back to when it wasn't... last summer at camp, three summers ago trying to recover from the wreck of senior year and preparing for college, last fall where I withdrew from everything and everyone, this Spring when Cambodia ravaged my soul ( Read more... )

Today I fly to Alburquerque and go to see my beautiful sister. We shall hike through the chaco and eat sushi and speak with nuns, perhaps.

Morbid lyrics, but beautiful and apt still ( Read more... )