i think i just did a post like this, but here it is again:

i have quit smoking, but otherwise, its like looking in the mirror:

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story about heaven.  part 1 here, part 2 here.

she walked along with mommy and nancy, taking their time to allow for nancy's turned foot, which slowed her gait.  as did her posture, as did her need to carry the giant sears catalogue with her.  for a moment, jane wondered… Read full post »

here is part 1 of this little story about heaven.

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for his arrival, she was going to wear the same outfit she had on for their first date - gap reverse fit jeans (the best jeans ever for a girl with birthin' hips) (this was a hard choice though, because… Read full post »

arriving on valentine's day was a really good idea.  for one thing, the red decorations made a nice contrast to the white and silver everywhere.  not that the white and silver weren't lovely, of course they were.  all the wings were silver, and all the clothes, white with silver thread… Read full post »

not a light subject, but super clear and easy to absorb.  and graphics that will make your hair stand up.  about a subject that some are trying to rewrite.  

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February 7, 1964

going to the mall, and the car is full of moronic teenaged boys.

but the driver is calm.  not moronic.  of course, my child in a car amps up the "distraction factor" by infinity.

and the car is a station wagon, late model, maybe even an audi.  not a souped up… Read full post »

its crazy but its true

i only wanna be with you

Open Salon, that is

i have forsaken all else

well, except… Read full post »

i have erased it all

everything

every yahoo email, received, sent, and saved

every aol email, a decade's worth, more, received, sent, saved

erased

every pertinent, un-business gmail

erased

pictures, pleas, postures, poems, praise

his too

every one with my name anywhere

gone

my posts, even the good… Read full post »

google informs me that today would be charles dickens 200th birthday.

which makes me grateful to google, for giving us such things to focus on.

to me, dickens is the michelangelo of the literary world.  his first work wasnt published till he was 21, and Pickwick not until 23 or… Read full post »

eitaph - noun - a phrase or statement written in memory of a person, esp on a tombstone

epithet - noun - 1.  an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned

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a new couple came to visit

she has a cane and perfect gray toni tenille hair

i wanted toni tenille hair so bad when i was little

remember their bulldogs?

the wife seems quite deaf, and smiles a lot

he has a wide irish face, though his name is… Read full post »

You have heard Roosevelt's quote about nothing to fear but fear itself, hundreds of times.  It always made no sense to me, because fear is certainly not the only thing we have to fear, and he was too smart a man to not know that.  So, here is the quote with… Read full post »

ok, so, you already know that last night i awoke and heard whispers and felt pressure on my bed and my first thought was "incubus!"

now, that is ludicrous, even to me, just so you know.

never had an incubus, probably dont believe in incubuses, was kinda making fun of myself… Read full post »

Now that you found yourself losing your mind
Are you here again?
Finding that what you once thought was real
Is gone, and changing?

Now that you made yourself love me
Do you think I can change it in a day?
How can I place you above me?
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and i swear i heard whispers, and felt a pressure on my bed

oh my god, i said.  a goddamned incubus?  huh-uh.  and i reached right over and turned on the light.  he left.  damn straight.

cause i might be broken,  i might not be viable, its true.  im not viable. … Read full post »

Dear Diary,

Though I am still a Starving Student, I am not so sure that being Hopeful is still warranted.  

It seems I am losing my mind.  I know I have always teetered on the edge, but now I am falling over that edge with wild abandon.  There is a… Read full post »

you all know poison iVy?  i assume you haVe all had it, eVen?

you know it is a Vine, which can kill its host?

the oil on the leaVes is toxic, poisonous.

simply innocently brushing against it can result in an ugly rash that can last for months.

some people… Read full post »

pre-empting my 7 things list, bc i just realized i could do THIS post, instead!

this is one of my favorite holiday greetings ever.  i sent it to everyone a few years ago, and then lost it.  sent out a call this week to ask if anyone still had a copy.  of… Read full post »

hi all - happened by rodney's blog earlier, and noticed it is his birthday!!

so have a piece of cake and give some good wishes, why don't ya? 

okay, you will have to have imaginary cake, bc i have tried and tried to add a cake, but now my picture adding abilities… Read full post »

 grand teton park

 same place - pretty, aint it?

link (sorry.  my embed must be permanently broken) to festive bob dylan song. i know thats an oxymoron, but its not, in this case:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnrq_73A-4I&feature=related

a DELICIOUS snack:

%I… Read full post »