by Pema Chodron 8 min @ the Pick Me Up Cafe, L.E.S. Lena loved a good sale. What made a sale good? Start with a few simple words; closing, sample, up to 75% off. That was a good start. Lena hyperventilated thinking about the coup she made at the outlet Read more
In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner 8 min @ the dining table It feels like I’m in a Dicken’s novel. Or one by the two sisters who wrote about the brooding men on the heath. Don’t know what the frick a heath is but my gran loved Read more
The Chaperoneby Laura Moriarty 8 min @ the dining table “Hey.” “Hey.” She sounded bright and expectant. He nodded to invisible music. He was still stunned that he had actually called her name out. Loud enough that she heard. And that she stopped. She even smiled and turned back. The Read more
The Sense of an Endingby Ann Patchett, Vogue, Sept 2012 8 min @ Kalendar Restaurant “No, I haven’t done it. I suck at breaking up! I’m a six year old emotionally. I can’t ever pull the trigger because I don’t want to be the bad guy. I hate being hated. Read more
overheard walking the dog down Benton 8 min @ the dining room table Mara hasn’t been here long. She hasn’t been anywhere long recently. She was only on earth three hours. Still it counts as a life. Each life is called a ‘catskin’ and they’re filed and tallied not long Read more
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown 8 min @ the desk Bribery. I’m not proud of it. He’s playing with the orange pencil covered in brown basketballs. He’s not doing tricks or anything, just twirling it and staring at it as it moves between his six-i’m-going-to-be-seven-next-week fingers. Five sentences. He’s Read more
W.B. YeatsThe Oxford Dictionary of Quotations 8 min @ the rooster cafe His cheeks were red and chapped from too much sun. The satin red shirt was an unfortunate wardrobe choice. But Saturdays were for romance and romance was best performed in red. Anders’ grandfather had been a great heartthrob Read more
Changing My Mindby Zadie Smith 8 min @ Saving Gigi “There was no foundation, clearly.” Mim exhaled a laser thin stream of blue smoke off to the side. Karin focused on the mole attached to Mim’s upper lip, she knew another indictment on the demise of her marriage was imminent. Read more