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May 2010
It's Just Language
The expression "boy howdy" makes me want to punch someone.Which is only slightly worse than my old time hated expression "golly"Which just put this... Read more »A Whole Lot Of Little Nothings
I went to see my physician this week to talk to her about my meds since I can't afford a psychiatrist. As it turns... Read more »Is There Medication For This?
Is there a medication to prevent people from starting too many blogs? It must be a compulsion. Just two days ago I was talking... Read more »The Quality Of Blue
There is an incredible freedom in letting go of the structures of dreams and the colors they used to be packaged in.I almost made... Read more »No More Band-aids: Part Two
If you have not already read Part One, Here it is:No More Band-aids: Part OneYou have to recognize a problem in order to fix... Read more »No More Band-aids: Part One
The end of the week is here and closes with a lot to consider. In asking the question "What is it we're doing wrong?!"... Read more »Roxy The Lost Dog
A Happy Ending Update: We got a call from Roxy's people this afternoon after they saw our "found" poster at Wilco. She has gone home... Read more »Not Knowable? We Are All Knowable.
Everyone wants to spin some film of unknowable-ness into the atmosphere; a small illusion of unreadable personal text. Hide behind your warped glass windows where... Read more »Favorite Things: Garden Inspection
This is a moss rose called Gloire de Mousseux. It gets very tall (like many moss roses) and lanky. It blooms only once but is... Read more »McMinnville Alien Parade
I am an old man disguised as a middle aged woman. My curmudgeonly spirit prefers to stay away from "fun" like the plague. If you... Read more »Scenic Drive, The 400,000 th Reprise
I dreamed about my old house again. For the 400,000th time since hearing my bedroom door click shut loudly in the summer of 1985,... Read more »Twilight: Don't Harsh My Buzz
Previous discussions about Twilight on this blog were about the movie and were before reading the book. The following was written just after finishing... Read more »Twilight, Not-dead Chicks, and Punch Therapy
After two months of hard work by my friend Angela from Cottage Magpie and my other friend Skye from Flooded Lizard Kingdom Stitch and... Read more »Cricket and Grey: A Landscape Exercise
Slow organic rot. Entropy in the rain, the gutterless buildings, the tin rooves, the perpetual rivulets wearing wood down to corrugated hollow boards like thick... Read more »The Meat Of It All
I am beginning today's notation on whatever I will later call this period in my life with a picture of Anna, one of our Ameraucana... Read more »I Sold My Soul To Memory
Emotional stability is not my strong suit. I am going to say this in advance, because I believe that people frequently forget that this... Read more »How To Dig Your Father's Grave
We got our six chicks yesterday! Max immediately named one Anna, and another one Bob. Then Philip came in and named on Mohawk. I... Read more »Lush: More Pictures of Portland
This is the street my mom's apartment is on. The canopy of leaves above is gorgeous, thick, and quieting. My favorite window on 23rd Street... Read more »Portland For A Getaway
I hadn't spent a night away from home without my family for over a year. With my New York trip officially canceled I was... Read more »« April 2010 | Main | June 2010 »