i haven’t written in a while. here’s some of what happened while i was away: i experienced some of the hardest friend time of my adult life. i got the […]
Year: 2009
repeat
Im in denver for a layover again, same as last week. Next will be chicago, same gates, maybe same planes. Listening to beyonce. This trip feels very different. I have […]
i blame the state
i have realized that i have almost no ability to assign individual blame to folks – folks who commit serious crimes, folks who can’t survive in the system, folks who […]
shock
after a lovely, drama-free league retreat up on highlander, which was really pleasant…i came down the mountain. the swerving early morning ride down the mountain made me sick, and when […]
the long lens
Just finished the part of the League retreat that I was cofacilitating, tomorrow catch an early flight back to Oakland. It was a good thing y’all…to be able to come […]
bringing home
People wonder how I can travel so much, but I make home out of a short list of things, and have not missed anything else no matter how long im […]
crazy, in chicago
Im sitting in the airport – chicago o’hare. Been here before, will be here again. On my way to lovely TN, where its only snowing on the mountain I am […]
forgetting to write
what a lovely weekend it’s been. we did a series of no less than 6 birthday events for my sweetheart – that was nice. i’m getting more confident in the […]
we must live: a poem for oakland
tired of being called ‘you people’ and ‘that one’ tired of the reapers mistaking fear for guns we rose up, held within the borders of the town we rose up, […]
my thumb
mercury and i are in a dance of the most dangerous kind. how zen can i be as she takes me down notch by notch. this morning, when noticing the […]