Category Archives: I love my friends
The brief wondrous life of Sonny Riccobono
It was march, and Seamus and I had just started dating. The rain clouds, while still black-grey and flinging down torrents of water, were broken, now, in moments, by patches of glorious, syrupy yellow light- the steamy northwest sun, emerging … Continue reading
thanksgiving
It’s late and I can’t sleep. I got up this morning, made the stuffing for the turkey (“Eddy”, he was ultimately named), and then went back to bed, because I was grumpy and hadn’t slept well, and was being a … Continue reading
Rat Poison: Not For Dogs
It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged here, and lately I’ve been thinking about doing other things, like either writing and pretending I’ll post on my blog but then not actually posting, or starting another, actually anonymous blog, where … Continue reading
Tea tree oil to treat infection in impacted wisdom teeth until a dentist can be seen- a fable
Today was busy, and devoid of nature, and I ate several random, stupid things, and now as I sit at the end of it with my healthy, well-balanced dinner, I have a cautionary tale for you. Allopathic doctors do not … Continue reading
the most generous person in the world, loggers who blog, and our ragtag bag of orphans
Today is the last day of my antibiotics. This week has been a whirlwind of nausea, weakness, fatigue, and socializing. Tomorrow it is all over, my colon is now a dead zone, and I promise never, ever to swallow lakewater … Continue reading
Filed under bacon, beauty, gratitude, I love my friends, inspiration, joy, love
IF YOU ARE IN THE PORTLAND AREA
COME TO MY READING A reading! Live and in person! Not just me, but Franciszka Voeltz, and AM O’Malley, and Lacy Davis as well! titled WHAT WE ARE AFRAID OF. We will read about the things that frighten us. In … Continue reading
Filed under DIY, I love my friends, inspiration
Dispatches from the night-time
It’s so late, and yet here I am. It’s cold in Portland, cold, cold, cold. Not Alaska cold, but cold for here, and clear, and all the stars are stuck frozen like glass slivers in the dim lid of the … Continue reading
Filed under everything, I love my friends, joy, nostalgia, Portland, the cold, the night
everything
I sleep with the windows open and it’s cold now, as wintry as Portland will get. In the mornings I come up as if from the bottom of a deep hot pit and the cold air bites the tip of … Continue reading
Filed under beauty, everything, Food, I love my friends, joy, love, Privilege, Reality, Sometimes shit sucks, the cold
t-bird’s shack
If there’s one thing I like to take pictures of, it’s the gently-lit shacks that some of my friends get to live in. Here is t-bird’s. We met today in the afternoon. T-bird bought me a tamale and a tiny … Continue reading
Filed under beauty, I love my friends, Pictures, Portland
