my baby sister is the most amazing mama. ever. she blows my mind, she’s 5 years younger than me and 1 billion light years beyond my comprehension in this miracle […]
Month: April 2009
elders
i write this in a whisper. i should be asleep. i was, then i had a nightmare, and now i can’t stop thinking about abandonment. not short-term or flighty abandonment, […]
muffintop
my muffin top is all that whole grain, low fat i know you want a piece of that but i just wanna dance this song, from 30 rock, is so […]
through like an arrow
last night the matriarch of my father’s family had a double stroke. she is strong in a way that no one else i have ever met is strong. she has […]
that hot
yesterday was the hottest april 19th in oakland history at 84 degrees, breaking the record held since 1950 of 81 degrees. its hot enough that clothes seem silly. it’s hot […]
now my life is fantastic
maybe it was: – the moments when i acknowledged that i can never be perfect, – that i can especially never become the people in my life i think of […]
the good things
this has been an AMAZING weekend. here’s why: 1. farmer’s market now that i am actually getting totally into vegetables. i used to just enjoy the feeling of walking through, […]
morph
tonight was a microcosm of my whole life. first i went to a house where i took my shoes off, climbed stairs, met up with people shifting through a potluck […]
backwards jetlag
usually when i get back from the east coast, i am sleepy in the early evening, and wake up early in the morning ready to go. this time, i have […]
songs in my head
what makes some people have songs in their heads? as long as i can remember, i have had songs in my head. sometimes i have gone through the process of […]