It's too early for me to be up today, but lying in bed not sleeping just makes all my jumbled worries worse, so I'm up. Then again, it's not all that early. The garbage men are out. Lately I've been more socially awkward than usual. It's difficult to explain. At this point, in this city, I'm just in between everything. Too dorky to be cool, too shy ( Read more... )

Still don't know about next year, but had a lovely holiday in Croatia. Have started new blog to record travels.

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I've been trying to put it into words for a letter, this feeling. It's as if the city knows I'm leaving, and wants me to change my mind. All these things that have been unsettled for the last year are calming, and I'm able to look through the gray gray skies and be optimistic. It makes me a little anticipatorily wistful, as well, because I know I' ( Read more... )

This year has been a bit of a mixed bag ( Read more... )

Just that I haven't written anything here in a few months, and lately have been feeling a little cut off from my Pittsburgh friends, who are as important as ever. Maybe the more places you go the more important it is to just have sacred those places you've left. Now, partially en route to the next destination, I wonder what of Prague I'll keep. Don ( Read more... )

it's grayish outside; wintry. we're holed up with a pot of soup making on the stove and wrapped in our pajamas because there's no heat yet, and the workmen have taken an entire wall off of the hallway. have i mentioned that we wake up every morning bar sunday at 7.30 am to the sound of jackhammers? it's extremely relaxing ( Read more... )

I just read this article about potatoes, and how they could potentially feed the world, but how scared all the farmers and scientists are about another potato blight (actually the new, hardier, more chemically-resistant version of the famous Irish/European one which struck in 1845). Instead of exploiting the fact that there are multitudinous ( Read more... )

we have been watching the L Word. it's trash, basically soap opera with lesbians, but i worry. is this merely a result of too much time, or is this a signifier of my life going down the drain ( Read more... )

It's too quiet in here.

it was a good trip. nearly everyone was seen, and most everyone was responsive and enthusiastic about entertaining needlessly busy and overwhelmed girls. thanks for that. i was just thinking about the things which i appreciate about america. such as customer service. and international cuisine. and massive amounts of farmers markets and organic food ( Read more... )