some times, i feel different from one hour to the next. i'm not sure if i am unhappy or burned out ( Read more... )

according to livejournal, i have not posted in 28 weeks. i am overflowing with things to tell you, but i don't have much time right now. since many of you in real life keep asking about the house, i will tell you that i love it and the street on which we live. i also love that we have a yard, but wish i were not so impatient with growing a garden. ( Read more... )

a few weeks ago, i retreated to the mountains for a few days. my parents, brother, and nana joined me in going to my aunt and uncle's (on my dad's side) house in the poconos. nearly no people around, the constant smell of grass and flowers and ferns and pine...the constant sound of the stream behind the house...i REALLY needed it. for weeks leading ( Read more... )

last night, i dreamt that donna was telling me that people with brown eyes have stories to tell, like their eyes are brown because they are full of stories. i did fall asleep remarking to scott that every culture has stories, but i want to find fairy tales, especially in the western tradition, that place women as the heroin, not the damsel in ( Read more... )

yesterday was absolutely insane. i started the day being on tv (a local art and culture show; will get into that later) at the comcast studio for 3 hours, and ended the day with a 3 hour meeting to make a bid for the house we wanted ( Read more... )

scott and i have decided on the house we want to buy. ok. let me say that again. scott and i have decided on the house we want to buy. who knows if we will get it, but i can say that it is vacant and the owners want to sell it NOW. the two things we cannot change about a house--the square footage and the location----are just wonderful. they have ( Read more... )

8am sunday morning
STRONG sunlight
putting stained glass to work
projecting its best onto the floor, the chairs,
the people, spangled for a moment as they pass
two women wrap columns in yellow felt
anticipating the day

chocolate covered pretzels in a glass canister ( Read more... )

i'm REALLY getting into traditional country, gospel, frontier songs, spirituals..the older the better. no rhinestones, please. barefoot gee tar pickin music :)
really.

i also cannot stop listening to johnny cash. the more radical, the better.

it's nearly xmas, yo.

i have tried to answer the same email 3 times. my eyes glaze over when i try. i think i have mentally checked out of work in prep for xmas and new year's. or, i am so burned out that i am using the holidays as an excuse. not sure. i tried to take it easy yesterday, but was miserable all day, and still worked a lot. today is supposed to be filled ( Read more... )