October 2010
3 posts
things i learned in 2009
{Its a good an necessary thing to recap the year. I was inspired by other folks who have posted. This one might be a bit cryptic but it helped me realize what a meaningful year it was and where I am, going into this next decade of my life.} 1. When Obama is inaugurated, it will make people believe that all things are possible. Things you had lost hope in will start to seem completely salvageable....
things we learned while stuck in fresno
1. According to Jim, the Window Washer, we need to get out of the poetry business and into the window washing business. Not a bad idea. We learned all about how to start our own business and which squeegees to buy and how much soap to use. 2. I just learned how to spell squeegee. 3. Fresno used to be desert, until the 1840s, according to a man in the “I’d rather be rafting” hat who pops his teeth...
notes i found later
When you called, I was somewhere outside of Denver, repacking the car. My belongings sprawled out on the pavement. A tattered purple suitcase. A bag of accessories. A towel bag. A saw. A drill. Seriously. You called to read me a passage from the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, I sat down on the curb to listen. Then you said, “It’s as if everything we do, is to prove how permanent we...
September 2009
14 posts
other things we've learned
Kait doesn’t miss Gypsy {GPS}. We both miss Spike though.
Kaleidoscope! Your life is a Kaleidoscope. Shira Erlichman sticks with you. Her CD is a symphonic addiction.
After all these years, Ani D still does the body good.
Fivel the Volvo should not be taken to Jiffy Lube.
Apparently there is a driver axel and that thing can snap out of place.
Dark highways and loud trucks make you the...
things we learned in portland
When you arrive, delirious and stinky, go to Denny’s. There is a waitress there who moved to Portland from California who doesn’t really like it because people don’t really care what they look like and there are so many gays and lesbians. Feel like you are home.
You can get lost in Powell’s, the city of books, and have to page your party even when they are in the same room.
They have elementary...
things we learned in other parts of washington
Bellingham was originally four towns that were merged into one. No one wanted to give up their street names so they have streets that change names quite suddenly.
Bellingham {B-ham} is the town of subdued enthusiasm.
There is a curse on B-ham known as the China Men’s Curse. When you arrive there you never want to leave.
The sunset across the water looks like the old paper mill scattered its...
things we learned in seattle
We might ought to become Jewish, so we can live in the Dojo with Dane.
Kids in Seattle are paid to look sad, they are not actually sad, its part of the “Shhh…don’t make people want to move here and ruin our paradise” scheme
It doesn’t really rain all the time in Seattle. That is part of the scheme too.
If it does rain and you are at the outdoor mall you can pick up a yellow umbrella and...
things we learned in the 24 hour drive to seattle
Don’t forget to close the hatchback. Thank the ISH that your laptop didn’t fly out.
Boise doesn’t really exist.
The Idaho border marks the end of Mountain time.
Quicksand comes from pockets of moisture under the land.
Quick actually mean living, as in “quicksilver” and the “quick and the dead.”
Deadlines are the opposite of lifelines.
Driving I-84 at night is like driving on the...
Things we learned in Denver
Sharks are not color blind.
Labor day began as a Canadian holiday and was adopted in America in 1882.
We do not know where to get blow in Denver. Nor do we know where Club Below is.
Mountain rivers baptize everything that enters them.
Spike is Colorado Wildlife.
The Columbine is the State Flower of Colorado. That is why you see the name everywhere not because of the tragic event.
Kicking a...
August 2009
1 post
