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...