Monthly Archives March 2007

20

Yesterday was my twentieth birthday. I think it was just about perfect. Before class, Adam took me to Lazy Jane’s for the best grilled cheese of my life (with avacado and tomatoes on sourdough and a side salad with bright green basil dressing). After class, we took a rainy drive out of the city to [...]

this day

I love springtime. I love this day.

sometimes little things are lifesavers

These last weeks have been a bit crazy. Adam and I have been battling this mean, exhausting virus, I’m in the middle of midterm season, and with deposits to pay for a new apartment, I am very very broke (or soon will be). But life is still good and sweet. Some little [...]

persimmons

note: I know it’s long, but read the whole thing.

cappuccino and chai

After a busy day of work and school I had the pleasure of hanging out with my cousin Amy. Our chairs were big, red and low and the table reached up to our armpits making us feel very much like very little girls. We laughed and giggled quite a lot. When I got home, I [...]

speaking of poetry…

When I was a kid, I was a poet.
I would write poems and poems and poems, and fold them up, and put them in a little red safe only I knew the combination to. I thought I was a prodigy poet child.
I vaguely recall writing some verse in middle school, but by high school [...]

spring and poetry

Yesterday, Janelle told me that she smelt the air and heard the birds and knew that spring was here, even though it’s cold.This morning I stepped out the door and smelt the air and heard the birds and knew that she was right. I wore my spring coat and didn’t bother with a scarf. I [...]

a big fat happy birthday

Here’s wishing Adam a big fat happy birthday. (A really big one. A really fat one. A really REALLY happy one.)
I love you.

friends are better than figs

I took this picture of Hannah and Janelle last May. We lived together then, and were on our way to Copp’s to pick up paper plates (or plastic cups?) for Bri’s wedding shower. We laughed a lot running that errand. I remember that.
Hannah and I used to spend long mornings talking about life [...]