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Heat wave
Yes, it's hot here, too, but I've hardly noticed. I've been enjoying a visit from miaokuancha.
The plan for today was to sit together and write. She is the only person with whom I can do that. She brings
peace and space with her wherever she goes - space to think, space to pause before speaking and to reflect
afterward; space to read, to write, ( Read more... ) -
Let's think about something else for a while
Most of the work that has been consuming us for - well, months, I guess - is done.
Our house is on the market, looking alternately splendid in its new shine and sheepish about the shabby bits underneath, as if to say, “I am what I am. Please love me anyway."
Daily life is a never-ending routine of made beds, shining sinks and crumb-free floors, ( Read more... ) -
Dream Time
One my most vivid childhood memories is my grandmother (always irate, never satisfied) looming over me (I was perhaps four years old, not more than five, so she looked HUGE) while shouting at my mother (who stood meekly somewhere in the background) these exact words: “Nothing will ever become of this child! She always has her head in the clouds ( Read more... ) -
Once Upon a Time There Was a Mighty Fine Cat.
The Mighty Fine Cat lived in a Mighty Fine Town ( Read more... ) -
Didn't Carl Sandburg say something about little cat feet?
I keep doing this to myself. I keep seeking out the opportunities to be alone and isolated, even though I know they'll result in me feeling alone and, well... isolated. Even though I tell myself I need to do the opposite, to be out in the world more, I invariably find yet another way to retreat.
It's as if I'm looking for something that I can't ( Read more... ) -
It's 2 AM....
... and I'm trying to figure out how a person can be tired beyond endurance and still not be able to sleep.
The wedding is in a month.
What wedding, you say?
Why, Mine Own is getting married. To the Sainted Fiancee. The one he was engaged to before, and then broke up with... until they found their way back to one another. A little older. A lot ( Read more... ) -
Retreat Denoument
Can't believe my week on retreat is almost over.
Of course I haven't accomplished as much as I had hoped/expected, but there's a lesson in that as well. It seems that I write slowly because I think about stuff, and it takes as long as it takes to think things through, no matter what the circumstances. Having said that, it is incredibly satisfying ( Read more... ) -
On Retreat
It was the automated prompt telling me it was time to pay for another year of LJ that made me realize how long it has been since I posted. I'm not sure why. It seems that for a while now, I haven't felt much like living out loud. Maybe I lost my sense of humor for a while, or the sense of perspective that makes it possible to distill odd pieces ( Read more... ) -
Goin' travelin' again!
I'm off to London again tomorrow, traveling with animuse airline employee-style, with no return ticket and only a carry-on. (This is proving to be an enormous challenge, but, I think, a worthy one. It requires answering the existential question: what do I REALLY need?)
I love it.
The organizing principle for the trip is this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ( Read more... )
