Can you see this OK? I simply must take fashion photography to better capture the kick assedness of my thrift store finds. But meanwhile, let me break it down for you: we’ve got one 100% silk, Banana Republic, peacock green, visually arresting top, paired with dress khakis sporting cream, black and tan pinstripes, topped…Continue Reading
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Goodwill Hunting
Can I just tell you how many kick ass things I’ve found here? A brand new Lilly Pulitzer jacket for my one-year-old ($2), Gymboree dresses ($3.99), Banana Republic totally awesome jacket ($8.99), the best purse in the universe ($9.99). And more! Usually, I don’t buy unless the item is new or drycleaned (and…Continue Reading
Activists, Or…?
I love the affection on Ray’s face here. This is Ray (left) and Bill. I’ve seen them at my local coffee house going on two years now. Usually, they’re holding court at a table filled with other intelligent-looking, newspaper-reading, energetically-discussing locals. In my mind, I imagined Ray, Bill and their friends to be local…Continue Reading
CORE
CORE When I walk here I feel OK Though ragged feet and bruised arms walk with me Yeah you know I feel OK Because I’m you without the evidence No. Mosaic alley with its tattoos and broken melodies is siren song If we met face to face dungarees and…Continue Reading
Fun with Words
This could be what puts me over my allotted Internet time…
Learning To Forgive, Update #2
AGENDA ITEM #1: FINALLY FORGIVE OLD SLIGHTS The set-up: I think I’ve moved on. But when the person’s name comes up or I’m reminded of how I’ve been hurt by anyone, in any way, at anytime, my anger flashes. What’s that Oprah says? Not forgiving someone is like taking poison and expecting the other person…Continue Reading
Being A Better Person: Learning to Forgive Update #1
This is part 1. AGENDA ITEM #1: FORGIVE (UPDATE) Well, this first agenda item is going OK. I spent a lot of my Road to Oprah time working primarily on forgiveness for my mom. I think that one’s the jim dandy and if I can forgive that, then the rest will come…Continue Reading
Best Song Ever (For now)
Answer by Sarah McLachlan is simply the most lovely song I’ve ever heard. Makes me cry every single time. I would play this at someone I love’s funeral. (I just blew the vibe, didn’t I?)
Living, and Dying
TO ANGIE And this is the way you tell me you’ve grown tired and I say you’ve been tired all along I tell you I won’t light your stone avenues, point at landmarks unseen, or the map still folded I rise against your close-eyed sickness not by closing, but not stopping to look…Continue Reading
Sweet Like Sugar
SWEETIE PIE (written for my daughter, Alexa) How do you make a sweetie pie Is it something you can bake? Are there special things that go in it Do you frost it like a cake? What are the ingredients That make it taste so sweet? I imagine there’s no dirt or…Continue Reading
Momma Love
I have a lot of kid’s books. This one is my favorite of all time. It’s silly (as the title so helpfully suggests) but not in that annoying way, maybe like, say, Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? read 100 times at breakneck speed. I could read The Seven Silly Eaters again and again and…Continue Reading
Best Book Ever
The Thirteenth Tale is the kind of book that revives your love of reading. It’ll make you stay up all night, hurrying to the last page. Or, maybe you want to savor it. I don’t savor, I rush. I’m working on it. Still, the book almost made a savorer out of me.
