Monthly Archives: January 2015

monkey mind storytelling chatter in bathroom before yoga class: for reasons i won’t share due to grossness, i had to change my tampon but i didn’t bring an extra  tampon so i had to use the one provided in the … Continue reading →

the most significant line of her email was the subject line. she wrote, “i think i’m getting better.” she is, of course. hopefully we’re all getting better. she’s been getting better every year for several years. now she’s better enough … Continue reading →

when i talk to you inside my head today this is what i say… i’m drinking diet dr. pepper again, the generic kind, two cans a day, sometimes three, and i can feel the gut-stripping acidic wash as it bubbles … Continue reading →

confession: you know somebody loves you when that someone drives to dfw airport to pick you up so that you don’t have to spend the night in dallas due to flight delays and missed connections. confession: 6’2″ in a bikini … Continue reading →

confession: on the way home from the bar i stopped at the grocery store and bought $.25 clearance christmas bows, half-price soon-to-die-so-enjoy-them-quickly fresh flowers, and a 12-pack of generic diet dr. pepper because the generic is gentler with a lesser … Continue reading →

i’m having one of those days when everything makes me cry. mostly they are connecting tears, connecting with someone else’s courage, someone else’s triumph, someone else’s loneliness, someone else’s heartbreak. i can’t stop crying and since there are only a … Continue reading →

confession: way back in november the poetess pushed me to ask for what i wanted for the dreaded december holiday season that i shun celebrating. i told her. (votivo candle, red currant scent, the big one, if anyone else wants to know. … Continue reading →