less sick…

I woke up this morning and lay very very still because it occurred to me that I wasn't coughing.  That would be the first time in 3 weeks that I was able to say that.  I reached slowly and carefully for my iphone and still no coughing. I was afraid to move.  I thought that … Continue reading less sick…

my belt…

In 1977 in a 7th grade shop class a boy made a leather belt.  It was a popular color of light golden brown.  On it he pressed stars and music notes and a simple sentence...  a sentence that could have kept him from getting laid ever.  Ever. "SCIENCE FICTION IS THE GREATEST" And then I … Continue reading my belt…

and I do…

8 years ago today it rained.  Not a huge downpour, but one of those consistently overcast days where the rain comes in waves.  Where the air smells fresh and clean and the sky is that lovely pale dove gray with patches of white clouds. We were living out in Banks then and the 45 minute … Continue reading and I do…