dear Universe…
i’m sorry i was mean/cranky/grumpy to the census lady yesterday afternoon. i realize it’s not her fault that the government lost/never received/spilled coffee on my first census form, which i promptly and accurately filled out when i received it months ago and it’s not her fault that the government has sent her out to collect [...]
i’m not giving up just yet…
i think what terrifies me the most is the idea that i’m wasting time. TIME. time is this mystical commodity to me, this magical thing that is moving and is unstoppable and immutable. and at the end of time is death. DEATH! so i become a bit frantic. i grow impatient when i don’t [...]
what NOT to do when you’re tired…
Not necessarily in this order: -Take an out-of-town trip to see family. Savor the good parts, avoid the huge swaths of emotionally exhausting bits. (we’ll use these later on!) -Arrive back and say ‘yes’ to every possible engagement/task/job offered. Remember that you have the first show for your band that week. Avoid the sense of [...]
Packing light…
Acquired a few too many goodies in Chicago…
on being pretty…
i have lots of new sketches and work to share, but until i get a moment to scan them in, i wanted to share something i found inspiring. i relate significantly to this woman’s childhood and even though her poem sounds at times more aggressive than i might feel, i wholeheartedly support the sentiment. hope [...]
Craft Fairs!
I tried a few different titles out for this post, but in the end I decided to just be a straight-shooter on this. No romance. I’m setting up shop at two big craft fairs coming up and selling original paintings, prints, my t-shirt and other goodies! First off, this weekend in Philadelphia is the Art [...]
I am telling the truth…
Friends, I am starting to really love poetry. Not like I love novels. Novels are where I go to escape. Where I hide from my life in an alternate universe, where I go to explore or suppress my feelings in characters I’ll never know or meet in real life. No, poetry is where I go [...]
el gato and the yeti
Recently I decided I really wanted a cat. I’d been on the pet fence for a long time, but was thinking about taking the plunge. I’d even gotten the husband on board… Seemingly unrelated, I noticed our vacuum cleaner was acting a bit odd… by odd I mean not sucking, which, since vacuum cleaners SHOULD [...]
inspiration
Learning how to say “no” is a recurring theme in my life, as it is for many. There are SO many things to do, see and be, and time is in such a disobliging short supply. We inevitably have to make choices, some easy, some difficult. We must continually strike off down one side of [...]
inspiration
given my self-aware musings of late, i was really drawn to zan’s latest post. you should really read her if you don’t already, it’s some of the best writing out there, in my most humble (and accurate) opinion. love, sam