I am behind on a handful of Middle Notes and countless quick dip writes. I could blame it on grief. In eight months I’ve mourned my father, an aunt, and in this past week my beloved grandmother. Planning funerals and wrapping up the details of a life are exhausting and Read more
I went to see the film Holy Motors last night. Wow. I hadn’t read any reviews because I didn’t want other people’s impressions to color my experience. I do know that it made a ton of top ten lists and is lauded all over the globe. But “Wow” is my Read more
Hope on a Tightrope by Cornel West 8 min on the bed, 1.15.13 It’s not her fault. She had to share everything until she could provide it for herself. There wasn’t one thing she ever had new before the age of nine. There were eight of them and she Read more
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo 8 min @ my desk, TO I said I would be your forever friend and I meant it. But I didn’t realize you’d go bat shit crazy. — No, I don’t think I’m the culprit. Because you didn’t uphold your end of the friendship Read more
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
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
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
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