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January 2009

Say Hello To Anger, Angelina

When Riana gave me my tarot reading for my birthday I cried but was unsurprised.  It has been three weeks since then and everything... Read more »

Grated Carrot Salad

Serves 2 I wanted to eat our homegrown carrots raw but I'm not a fan of just munching on carrots in the style of Bugs... Read more »

Planning Your Garden Around a CSA Share

This year, for the first time, I will be a member of my favorite local organic farm (Oakhill Organics) which starts in February.  This... Read more »

Undiagnosed Childhood

We have returned from the first step in finding out what makes Max's world so difficult to navigate.  I brought the same list I... Read more »

100 Things About Me

Those blog friends of mine who have been reading my blog for a long time now will most likely already know everything on this... Read more »

Handing Over The Debit

A big part of managing mental illness is knowing what your limits are and drawing deep lines in the sand for other people to... Read more »

Can I Have Wine For Breakfast?

This morning really kicked my ass.  I was ready to open a bottle of wine by 6:48am which is the exact moment when Philip... Read more »

One Foot In The Dirt

In my previous life, the one I had before we moved to Oregon, I spent a lot of time gardening.  Taking a tour of my... Read more »

Rigid Morning Routine

A typical school morning in our house involves lengthy negotiations over the subject of eating breakfast, a few breakfast re-dos, constant nagging at the kid... Read more »

So Many Tears Today

(For the love of monkies- because he was a $#%$#%$#%, furthermore he was a liar, a retard, and a privileged son of b%&#(&*% who... Read more »

Bring Gloves Back!

There are many styles and fads that I think are best cleaned out of everyone's closets and donated to the museum of sartorial suicides. ... Read more »

The Fight Is Coming

You know that moment in the movie when the real fight begins-THE FIGHT- the moment when the underdog suddenly kicks ass into gear to... Read more »

Concrete Planet

It worries me that so many Americans live their lives shuffling from one spread of concrete to another.  It worries me that my own... Read more »

Dreaming Of Fruit

I have just finished working for the day.  I had to bring my laptop down to our favorite cafe to work because the power... Read more »

The Wrongness Of Diaper Cakes

I am tempting you with my pretty petite casserole of ricotta, winter squash, and pine nuts.  Unforturnately for me, these pine nuts had already... Read more »

The Hazel Eye Connection

Right now I'm remembering what mornings used to be like when I lived with my dad and my sister after my mom and my brother... Read more »

Carrots In Winter

What I love about gardens is that you plant seeds and a few months later, on dark days, you find that you have grown... Read more »

Pacific City Beach

There are two kinds of beaches.  The kind that is packed with people all vying for space to build sand castles, boogie board, sun bathe,... Read more »

27th And Geary

There was so much blood on the floor when I came home.  So much that my heart immediately pumped itself into an almost holographic... Read more »

The Bogart Girl

Longing is like a rose that waits for the moon to open itself but needs the warmth of the sun to unfold its shy... Read more »

Bones Of The New Year

My wonderful friend Riana did my Tarot reading and it's a serious matter.  This year will be hard.  It will be a year of... Read more »

Cabinet Candy

I don't collect a whole lot of things and when I do collect anything it's almost always something useful: tools, vases, fabric, silverware, dishes.  Things... Read more »

Good Night Old Birthday Bag

Today I turned 39.  I think being 39 is way cooler than being 38.  Sometimes you can tell a lot from one day.  It's time... Read more »

First Assignment at The Starlet Academy

Headshots are a marvelous way to boost one's ego.  Selecting a very small portion of a person and glamming it up is a cinch if... Read more »

The Darkest Light

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Basement Flood

I always think that the best way to begin a new year is with some kind of natural disaster, because that way you can wade... Read more »

The Best Event Of 2008

My dad's weddingMy brother Ezekiel.My sister Tara.Me.These are my three favorite pictures from 2008. The picture of my sister is only a tiny little lie,... Read more »

Twenty Years Ago I Pissed And Got Off The Pot

Happy New Year!I have spoken of many dark things this week. I've looked at things that need to change in myself. I've come up with... Read more »

Stripped Down When Dressed Up

Hello long hour. I'm listening to the timber of a smoke at twilight, the way it coils itself into the light like liquid air. I... Read more »

Change Is Under Way

Right now.A whole lot of work was done today by my good friend Angela on my blog move to Movable Type. I've been planning on... Read more »

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