My words have never been as cautiously chosen as they have in the last year. While I used to select certain words and syllables with great care, listening to their cadence, their beat, the way they fell from my lips when I breathed them aloud. I wrote with abandon, playfulness and honesty. Kind of. With … Continue reading the opposite of abandon…
dinner – breakfast conversion chart…
I was honestly under the impression that I don't want pizza often. It's not that I don't like pizza. It's just that I can't eat it all the time. It could have been the weekly pizza night as a kid. Or the fact that I have a kid and those things are like little pizza … Continue reading dinner – breakfast conversion chart…
advice for a long haired not hippie?
I was just in one of my happy places. The shower. Taking a long hot shower. Thinking deep showery thoughts while the water pressed against my skin and the heat and steam threatened to steal my breath so I could relax. And as I am a girl and not a hippie and in the shower … Continue reading advice for a long haired not hippie?
espresso fueled brilliance… or not
A little after 6 tonight on my way home from grabbing a quick bite to eat with my mom who is visiting from out of town I thought to myself 'self this would be a great time to get some espresso because you're totally lagging and it will perk you right up!' so we stopped … Continue reading espresso fueled brilliance… or not
a new pet peeve is born…
Can something be a pet peeve if you've only experienced it once? I ask because something happened over the weekend that made me bat shit bonkers annoyed and I never ever ever want to see it again... but the times being what they are I'm quite sure it's going to happen at some point. You … Continue reading a new pet peeve is born…
night and day…
Fear can be a motivating factor. Especially in the night or wee hours of morning. Before dawn brings with it soothing light to remind us that our worst nightmares are not about to come true. What is it about those horrible places that dreams can take us? Waking up with that seed of horror planted … Continue reading night and day…
the long lost poems…
So they aren't really lost, nor were they written too long ago in the grand scheme of things, but I would say 16 years is long enough to pull them out of their paper tombs. I'm in the process of typing up and storing away many of my old pieces and as I do so … Continue reading the long lost poems…
perfecting the pickle…
I got a little obsessed a while ago with the making and consuming of refrigerator pickles. I like pickles. They're tasty. I hope we're not arguing this fact. My fridge pickles? Well they were okay. I'm looking forward to making another batch soon. I think I've established what I did and didn't like about them, … Continue reading perfecting the pickle…
almost spring cleaning…
I woke up in the morning when the sun was sunny and popped out of bed like some chipper little bunny rabbit or something eager to start my day. My day chocked full of a ton of menial little tasks! Closet cleaning, drawer sorting, book boxing, dish washing tasks! And away we went. Up up … Continue reading almost spring cleaning…
snowfuckingday…
After several false starts we've got a snow day. A fucking snow day. For those of you that live somewhere that actually gets snow let me explain a Portland snow day to you. You only know it's a snow day because the school district calls to wake you up to tell you it's a snow … Continue reading snowfuckingday…