More apocalypse, less angst
i am homesick for the city i haven’t lived in for over 10 years, which really begs the question of what home feels like anyways. in part, it is because i am in the middle of an insomniac bout, and vancouver seems too large… Continue Reading “homesickness”
something clicked for me today when i was working with the kickboard during my lunch-hour swim – through a combination of meditating on the motion, and watching another swimmer – i actually *understood* the hip/leg motion i was aiming for physically rather than intellectually… Continue Reading “the tao of motion”
something that has struck me since returning to the gym is how much i missed seeing the bodies of other women up close and unclothed – and i don’t mean in a voyeristic, thrill-seeking kind of way. you see, when they aren’t in magazines,… Continue Reading “locker-room bodies”
the kronos quartet plays phillip glass, released august 05. i don’t know what it is about the music of phillip glass that makes me feel so heartwrenchingly melancholy. when bob everton died last december, i drove around in my car aimlessly a lot with… Continue Reading “an album that's breaking my heart”
i’ve been invited to a thanksgiving dinner here on the coast tonight. this is my contribution: a bottle of good red wine, a loaf of fresh baked bread (a little crusty, but still tasty), and a cranberry, orange, walnut tart.