Packed away in some box in the basement of my childhood home is a well-worn copy of The Paper Crane by Molly Bang. I loved this book as a child and could rightly claim that I still do. The story was classic and darling and, perhaps more importantly, I have always loved art in cut [...]
Madeleine Peyroux - River (with k.d. lang)
I have never spent a Christmas apart from my parents. If this were a competition, I would note that my sister, Nicole, once spent Christmas in México during college. (What, Nicole, what?) When will I break this pattern, and for what reason? I cannot yet imagine, or rather, the [...]
Camera Obscura – Razzle Dazzle Rose
This story is impossible to write perfectly.
This story is a smell and a feeling and a smile and three years and a half years of big life changes and rain. Seattle has treated me well and for that I am thankful. I have experienced such fantastic joy and friendship [...]
My parents had a Traveling Wilburys tape that we used to listen to in our Nissan Axxess minivan circa 1990 and I loved that tape so hard. This glorious super-group passed from my awareness at some point but I remembered them, rediscovered them, sometime at the end of college. "End of the Line" is the [...]
I am awake, right now, so late because—can you guess? Come on, I thought you knew me better than that. I have an early plane flight! Why else would I be awake?
Oh, right, I stay awake this late all the time when I have work to do. Um, okay, moving on to my actual topic.
Ahem.
I [...]
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Half of a Weekend (or a Little More, Maybe)
January 23, 2009
5:05 PM Sunset run on the beach followed by ocean dip and drinks
6:00 PM Depart Tamarindo in 7/8 full Toyota Prado with one 40-ounce of Imperial
6:01 PM – 7:29 PM Pass around a million cars
7:30 PM Stop on side of [...]
I wrote the following entry on Monday, September 22nd, the day after our sectionals tournament. I was unsure if I should publish my frank thoughts and they were relegated to the drafts folder—all but forgotten—until now.
The two days following our loss were particularly bad but I regained some perspective as the week progressed and [...]
