I live in Madison, Wisconsin now.  It's a good place for me.  Big enough for lots to happen, small enough for me to make something happen within it ( Read more... )

I go to school in a very rural area of Pennsylvania, which is extremely impoverished. It's not rare for me to see children in shoes that are falling apart with dirty faces and hair that looks like it hasn't been washed in a week or maybe longer.
It breaks my heart.
I often find myself wanting to get down on one knee and do the lick the thumb mom ( Read more... )

New Demo
"We Rise from Sleep Simultaneously"

We rise from sleep
Simultaneously.
But Brush our teeth
Quiet and separately.

Your bones in rivers deep
Sopping wet socks and hems of jeans
Couch forts and parking lots
Wet grass and shopping carts

Our dogs in the lawn
Run past our bay window and down towards the barns.
I pin a new broach
In the shade of my ( Read more... )

The End.

So, lately I've been thinking a lot about my future and what I might like to do when I'm done with school.
I definitely want something that will be flexible for when I have a family in the future.

• Owning a business, of course.
• There are lots of private schools that I could teach at without an education degree.
• I'm thinking of applying to various ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, Anthony Paul Zotynia.

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August 2008 has been one of the best months of my life.

And so the Vagene Ragime tour begins!

My favorite thing to do with both Zachary and Sadie is feed them, mostly because I can give them the same amount of attention at the same time and they're both happy. 
I will cut up grapes, berries and cheese for Sadie at the table and give her little bits at a time until she signs "more" or "eat" to me, which is pretty interesting to see how ( Read more... )