gratitude 10.x

12.2.12 i am grateful for -the ability to celebrate my birthday with family -not having nut allergies(cake choices are not limited) -paraben free moisturizers -birthday cake on my birthday -an abundance of cyber love via Facebook -coconuts. the water, the milk, the meat of them – so delicious, so healthy. Read more…

gratitude 10.viii, 10.ix

Is it wrong to say making gratitude lists daily becomes tedious after day three?  It makes me feel like an ingrate.  So I figure that’s exactly why I must persevere with the experiment.  The motivating force of contradictions and reverse psychology. without further ado: list 10.viii, 11.30.12 -black olives -the Read more…

Gratitude Top 10.ii – iv

11.23.12 Decided to drive my Godmother to NYC and help sort the affairs of her deceased sister. We’d hit the road Saturday morn. -the Canadian Tire salesman who installed my windshield wiper gratis -free vegetables from someone else’s farm visit -a run of green lights -having a car sound enough Read more…

Top Ten Gratitude List

I am grateful my curiosity has not gone this far. And this is the day to give thanks… in America. My first American Thanksgiving involved a vegan feast of epic proportions and the seitan induced bloat lasted the entire four day weekend. That was sixteen years ago and I still Read more…

proper autumnal

tea menu @ Ezra’s Pound, Dupont 8 min @ the above This is serious. Not life threatening, but my life as I know it is at risk of irreparable change and it will not feel good… Stop it, you understood every word I said and you have to help me. Read more…

Picking Vices

As time passes and the cells tire I find my vice count dwindling.  Some things I’ve simply gotten smarter about, like smoking.  There is still a Pavlovian trigger when I see an image or movie from France, Spain or Italy, but the desire to follow through and actually stick a Read more…

A thought on elections

What if instead of just checking off a name you had to justify it?  Right there on the ballot.  But in your own words.  It’d still be anonymous but you’d have to vouch for your choice – I pick Mitt Romney because he looks like me and I believe he’s Read more…