January 2010
17 posts
Bring on those single digits, baby!
Today: Bitterly cold. Abundant sunshine. High -16F. Winds light and variable.
Tonight: Bitterly cold. Mostly clear. Low -34F. Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow: Sunny early then becoming mostly cloudy later in the day. High -3F. Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow night: Mostly cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy late. Cold. Low around -30F. Winds light and variable.
Thursday:...
Anatomy of a Bath
-Let the water run, good and hot. Fill it up to where the water should reach your neck and then turn off the faucets, the hot water first because it takes longer, then the cold. Admire the way the water steams, foretelling something good.
-While waiting for the water to cool, open a bottle of wine. Pick out a movie. Line up the products you brought from the countryside of the edge of the bathtub...
The $14,000 yurt. Bite me, Alaska →
December 2009
31 posts
Love & Grace
There is Love and Grace, she says.
And she follows each to its end, crumbling brick walls meshed in ivy. El culo del saco, se lo comió Paco.
She picked living things out of her grandson’s hair as if she were digging memories out of his skull. A brown beetle to forget his father. A wingless moth to forget his homeland.
There is Pearl and Water, she says.
And a desolate beach that hides under...
Because, after all, tis' the season to be generous →
“Passion is a seducer, and this music is passionate. Even though somebody might...”
– The always delicious, ever-drinkable, Tori Amos
Fantasy Jobs Upon Return, Part 1
(Via Text Message)
Me: Why are ballerinas so bizarre?
Sarah H: Because they haven’t eaten for decades and they are yelled at a lot.
Me: I am going to create a new profession. “Balanchine Ballerina Behavioral Therapist.”
Sarah H: Sadly, most of your clients are dead by now.
Me: One needs a hobby in the afterlife.
Sarah H: More power to ya, sister
November 2009
41 posts
