I love this photo, because it could have been taken anywhere, but it wasn’t. It was taken in Rome. A reminder that wherever you go, there you are. Or something. Also, a bonus shutter shot, because they’re cool. Again, could be anywhere — but it wasn’t. Photos shot on iPhone 8, black and white filter.
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And Then There Were Cats (Rome, Italy)
View across the cat sanctuary, just down the road for our temporary abode – photo provided by author Welcome to our view pretty much every day we were in Rome. After my regular morning quest for cappuccinos, I’d come back to the apartment to fetch my traveling companion, and we’d head out. A mere fiveContinueContinue reading “And Then There Were Cats (Rome, Italy)”
Home Temporary Home (Rome, Italy)
Homebase – photo provided by author Pro tip for wanderers: Take advantage of places where your friends are living. Often they will not only give you some insider information about places to visit, but also offer to hook you up with inexpensive (if not completely free) lodging for a few nights. Advanced pro tip: IfContinueContinue reading “Home Temporary Home (Rome, Italy)”
Reality vs. Reverie
I don’t remember many details, but I have a vague memory of reading a book when I was very young about a girl who was living in really bad circumstances, like a closet or something. Whenever she was put there (by a terrible parental figure, of course), she’d imagine a whole world of friends andContinueContinue reading “Reality vs. Reverie”
No RSVP Required
I received an amazing email today: “[Our holiday party] is happening this year. In accordance with Michigan state laws, we are limiting the number of guests outside of our immediate family to zero. […] You are hereby uninvited.” In other words, do not RSVP. Do not BYOB. Please find it in your heart to spread a littleContinueContinue reading “No RSVP Required”
Homeownership
I have no use for you, I saidAnd smashed it on the cementPieces shatteringScatteringUnrecognizable as anything that could haveTaken so much space within mePieces floatingBlowing in the breezeLike cottonwood ~ Hezaasan, (c) 2018 Dug up this old piece in honor of my house being up to its usual stupid-face antics this morning. Water always wins,ContinueContinue reading “Homeownership”
Friday Chai Day and Other Joy Generators
Whoever said variety is the spice of life obviously wasn’t very observant. Or maybe they were just stuck in a rut and trying to validate throwing everything into the breeze and starting over from scratch. Or trying to make a few bucks with self-help advice, hustling anyone who would listen: Hey! Hey, you! You wantContinueContinue reading “Friday Chai Day and Other Joy Generators”
Road Trip Rituals: The Shaw Festival
Basement Lobby of the Royal George Theatre – photo provided by author I’ve been thinking a lot lately about touchstone places. You know, the locations that you will go out of your way to make time and space to visit, because they do something to your brain, to your essence. They recharge you. They centerContinueContinue reading “Road Trip Rituals: The Shaw Festival”
My Closed-Captioned Life (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Zoom)
It’s been awhile since I’ve done an ode to my (dis)ability, so I figured it was time to bring out my ole soapbox and do a bit of barbaric yawping a-top of it. The other day, my college-aged son confessed to me (in a weirdly excited way), “Mom, I think I have your thing. IContinueContinue reading “My Closed-Captioned Life (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Zoom)”
Ruinous
The Ruins of Pompeii – photo provided by author Added weight crushes like dirton my shoulders and in my headI am buried alive under the strainof your incessant love and affectionstill and cold I cannot moveI don’t dare breathe and disturb youthe thinning air – is there nothing thereafraid to turn and see you don’tContinueContinue reading “Ruinous”
Muttering Retreats 