Archive for June 2012

happy thirty-seven

In life, poem of the day on 26 June 2012 tagged 37, birthday, derek walcott, i give this poem to myself every year with no comments

love after love the time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. eat. you will love again the stranger who was your self. give wine. give bread. give back your heart to [...]

goodbye thirty-six

In life, thoughts on 25 June 2012 tagged 36, birthday with no comments

today is the last day of my 36th year, and as in past years, i’ve pulled together a list of 36 things that i’ve seen and done and learned over the past year: 1.  rang in the new year at a masquerade ball. 2. bought a new car and named her pearl. 3. learned that [...]

happy birthday to me?

In life, thoughts on 24 June 2012 tagged 37, birthday with no comments

my birthday looms on the horizon and i find myself struggling not to fall into my annual pattern of half-empty reflection. i’m going to be thirty-six. no, wait, that was last year. i’m going to be thirty-seven.  thirty-seven.  thirty-seven.   no matter how many times i say it, it just doesn’t seem possible. where did [...]

this time next week

In life, travel, words on wednesday on 13 June 2012 tagged oregon with no comments

i’ll be winging westward — to the oregon coast.  there, i’ll be joined by other creatives for five days of magic — photography, writing, storytelling, music, laughter.  i have no idea what to expect, but i know it will be transformative, and i believe i’ll walk away not quite the same as i arrived. the [...]

pieces of me

In life, thoughts on 12 June 2012 tagged about me with no comments

I am: here. I think: too much! I know: things i shouldn’t. I have: always wanted to see the moon from the other side of the world. I wish: on falling stars.  still. I hate: intolerance. I miss: arms around me. I fear: losing people i love. I hear: planes taking off from DCA. I [...]