Teeny Tiny Mantras
Today is Patti Smith.
Patti Smith - Horses (full studio version) (by Twentysixbillion)
Kind of stuck on this song.
Elvis Costello, “When It Sings” (by Iain Halliday)
may my heart always be open to little birds
who are the secrets of living… (by ee cummings)(photo by catene)
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Today is yes
Posted on January 8, 2013 | 2 CommentsHe said he was a corporate lawyer, born in Bolivia and that I probably wouldn’t like his politics. He looked like he was 12. It was late. I danced with... -
Things I have learned from the gym
Posted on January 26, 2011 | No CommentsThere are things in this world you aren’t likely to know until you start spending your time on some kind of aerobic machinery in front of a bank of 8-10... -
Let’s change the subject to breasts
Posted on June 30, 2010 | 2 CommentsI know I’ve been quiet since my brain dump a few weeks ago. Our “only way out is through” era continues with plenty of days that feel semi-normal, in spite... -
Mean girl, reconsidered
Posted on December 18, 2009 | 3 CommentsShe was my mean girl in high school. I dreaded going to school. I dreaded the classes we had together. I was sure it was her that scrawled the word... -
Cookie lookers
Posted on December 15, 2009 | 1 CommentWhen I was a teenage girl in the 1980s, teachers, local news producers and general do-gooders were keen on showing my kind what a woman entrepreneur looked like. I remember... -
Juice
Posted on May 29, 2009 | 3 CommentsA good friend visited from out of town this week. At one point she asked if I remembered a time when she lived in town and was going through a... -
Faces
Posted on March 2, 2009 | 3 CommentsMy Facebook connections seem to compound by the day, but I couldn’t feel less connected in general. It’s a little disjointing, this proliferating collection of re-connections with people who have... -
Guerrilla commentary
Posted on January 29, 2009 | No CommentsI did some work at a coffee shop the other day, and this marked-up newspaper ad was laid on a counter directly across from the station where you pick up... -
No justice, no peach
Posted on November 10, 2008 | 1 CommentAn artist friend of ours sent out an email saying that he had taken down the handmade “Impeach Bush” sign from his front porch, and replaced it with a new... -
Oh no! ‘The Secret’ made me a selfish bee-yotch!
Posted on September 19, 2008 | 3 CommentsOn our one quiet, powerless night after the storm, we rushed around the house in the evening, digging out candles, flashlights and radios. (This thing really bit Ohio on the...
