There are no doors on the kitchen cabinets and the draws are also gone. They are all being sanded and coated with new varnish. Despite seeing the openings, the empty spaces where the drawers were; the contents of the cabinets unimpeded by the doors – I continue to want to pull open the drawer...
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Some days we can jump the rapids
At first I was wondering if amniotic fluid was like the ocean. But the day’s journey began thinking about the color salmon; whether it works on the walls of your home or not. I remembered hearing about a paint called “dead salmon.” Clever name. Cynicism comes to your local paint and hardware store. It...
The organizing principle
Reframing ideas requires no matting or measuring. It might require the skills that a good turn of mind can provide through the agency of a friend or an open moment when your breath comes easily and you notice that the air this late spring day is pulsing and alive. The birds are starting up...
Message to self and others
Writing is an interior act and behavior. Anyone that engages in this activity understands this. You enter a world of your own and begin whatever it is that you or others might call writing. It is an inside job. Its such an inside job that it’s strange for me to think of it as...
Self-esteem
Sometimes the politics of a job will really beat you up. It is not the best form of aerobic exercise although, since it could be hard enough on you, I certainly think it should at least count as such. If you have a lot of people to please on a particular job that is...
House cleaning or writing
Sometimes it’s a case of what will drive you more crazy – not doing the cleaning or not doing the writing. There are times when you can be deeply steeped in your writing. Now, the idea of being deeply steeped is in and of itself a worthwhile goal. It is a rare occurrence for...
Sneaker
I lost a good friend the other day. Now here’s the thing, if I think about her I cry, like I am now. So not now but soon, I’ll have to tell you all about her. Because on many very real levels I think it’s not over yet. First of all, the whole discussion...
Begin the begin
It’s still spring and still difficult to know it as such. The good thing about today though is that it’s that kind of rainy day not yet raining day, and Sunday to boot, that allows one the luxury to stay inside and enjoy the comfort that these days can bring. I am listening to...
Friends and affirmations
When you’re having a dark night of the soul, and it’s lasting all day long, you have to reach out to speak to your friends. If you just ask yourself what your friend would tell you you’d be on the way to being all right. It’s sort of like bread crumbs, that is, the...
The Louisiana Gulf
The difference between taking action and sending positive thoughts is a bit confusing to me. But here I am, for as many days as I’ve been hearing about the Gulf oil disaster, trying to focus positive thoughts on the situation and the people and wildlife of that great area. When push comes to shove,...
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