All day I've been out back, pulling weeds, watering, and then for hours laying with an iced towel over my face soaking up the sunshine. Reading and napping. Bees were buzzing around the roses near my head, keeping me awake, I pulled large armfuls of sage off from where it was growing over the path and burned them in the fire pit. Sage smoke poured ( Read more... )

My cousin Teresa killed herself yesterday in St. George, Utah.

Lonely, drunk night.

Not me, the night.

Indeed the Idols I have loved so long
Have done my credit in this World much wrong:
Have drown'd my Glory in a shallow Cup
And sold my Reputation for a Song.

I realized last night that 10 years ago I was in the middle of the action of leaving my job in DC, packing, and driving across the country.

10:36 <@rch> good morning
10:36 <@gene> morning all
10:36 <@gene> and robert
10:43 <@rch> i am already thinking ahead to the croissant i am going to get on my way to the office
10:55 <@gene> I am already at the office hearing about your planned croissant
10:56 <@rch> i miss working in downtown oakland
11:53 <@gene> grep -r 'rch' ~/.purple/logs/irc ( Read more... )

  Tonight I walked home from MacArthur along MLK up to 45th so I could stop at the corner store there. Then I walked home along 45th. A block away, I passed by a huge gathering of people around a bunch of candles burning on the sidewalk, mostly those virgin Mary candles, they were standing around silently or on cell phones or in cars. I didn't ( Read more... )

   My grandmother passed away this morning. I just found out. It's strange for me to think about that; I was just with her in Utah last weekend. She was alive, she didn't seem sick, she was just very tired, and had trouble eating or drinking, but she was doing it, little by little. She knew who I was and was glad I was there, but we didn't talk as ( Read more... )

   I realized recently that I've been working full-time for 6 years. Hardly any breaks in there: 2 weeks in the UK, a week in Oklahoma, a week in New Orleans, a week in Portland, 3 weeks or so between Ask and Yahoo. No time at all between Mobzilla and Ask. Pretty much constant work for 6 years. Until this week I haven't taken a day off since ( Read more... )

Coffee, a Bloody Mary each, and DJ Screw. Now we're chilling out with our laptops and slowly finishing the drinks that destiny has set out for us. Who knows, later may be time to confront the sunshine.