Someone told me recently that the town I now live in, situated between mountains and a lake, was called The Vally of Death by the natives who, sadly, no longer live here. Valley of Death, not because it is a dangerous place, but because when people come here, broken by something in their pasts, that part of them usually dies and they are able to ( Read more... )

So here I am....the night before I leave Kentucky....I can't really think of anything to say.

I'm so happy to leave....but a little sad, I guess, to be saying goodbye....

It doesn't help, I'm sure, that I have a cold and really just want to go to bed....yup....I'm going to bed.

1. I found someone to sublease my apartment ( Read more... )

So....2 nights after my last entry the apartment next to mine caught on fire....I was woken up at about 2 am by the smoke detectors in the hallway....then mine started going off....strange thing to be woken up that way...found myself standing outside in my nightgown watching 15 ft flames come out of my building...it was a long night that involved ( Read more... )

I washed my laundry in the sink yesterday and as a reward I allowed myself the luxury of building a blanket fort over my bed....I spent hours in there...reading...writing...eating chocolate covered pretzels...it was fabulous....I felt very safe and productive ( Read more... )

The insomnia monsters kept me up last night by whispering in my ear, "What if you die in your sleep....how long do you think it would take before someone missed you enough to come check on you?"

Living by myself has its ups and downs...last night was really down.

sigh.

Thank god for chamomile tea and a long hot bath.

I began moving in to my new place a few days ago....have actually spent the past 2 nights there. I am so sick of all my stuff, but I still can't bring myself to get rid of old writing and artwork...and the sorting/packing process is entirely too tedious for me to focus on right now...so I'm going to take a break this afternoon ( Read more... )

A week of thunderstorms has made it almost unbearably humid here in Kentucky...as usual this time of year...and being hot and sticky has never felt so good. Sweating out all the toxins is such a refreshing experience...except I'm being a little counter productive by drinking beer and smoking the occasional cigarette...such is life, I guess...it's ( Read more... )

For the first time in my illustrious 29 years on this planet, I woke up and decided that I wanted to go to church....so I went. Unfortunately, American Protestantism is one of the least spiritual institutions that has ever been created my man. I had a much more profound experience AFTER church, sitting in the 24-hour diner across from the campus ( Read more... )

One day last week as I was walking to work at 6:30 in the morning, I looked up and saw a shooting star. I couldn't think of a wish, so I've been carrying it around in my pocket and finally gave it to a friend today who needed it more than I did ( Read more... )