Sandra’s seen a leprechaun,
Eddie touched a troll,
Laurie danced with witches once,
Charlie found some goblins’ gold.
Donald heard a mermaid sing,
Susy spied an elf,
But all the magic I have known
I’ve had to make myself.
- Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
The Met with Loan, Saurabh and Thy, 2010.
March 16, 2006; 2:15am Anh called today and in the span of 20 minutes, the last 21 years flashed before me. And I cried. To Skot. For the years passed, for those to come, for those unfolding uncontrollably before me. But things picked up; they always do. Walking home I saw a single cloud feign as if it were swallowing the moon, the dying incandescence of the glow diffusing across the sky. And I realized the beauty of life is in its abuse. Beating, kicking, waning, falling, life runs away and you chase down long, lonely corridors of endless memories. But now and then it lets you win; you catch life in all its intangibility and you spend the rest of your days searching for that high. —————————————— January 30, 2012 My own whining is starting to bother even me. At some point the whole world enveloped around me and I can see nothing beyond my own troubles. I forget the bigger truth and the bigger goal to be “a force of nature instead of a feverish clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy”, to quote Shaw. Luckily it’s never too late to learn and you’re never too old to change; it is a leap year after all.
Found this today from when my parents and I were driving to the Great Salt Lake, 2006. I snapped it while the car was moving and the angle of light gave it this rustic glaze. It makes me think of Winslow Homer.
Getting to Carriacou, 2011
Catching the ferry - finally, 2011
Carriacou for our mini-vacation, 2011
I’m constantly amazed at our boundless ability to love. Just when you think you’d given everything you’ve got, someone comes along and resets the score.
I need a mnemonic to remember how to spell ‘mnemonic’ — Saurabh
Taken from inside my car while I was waiting for it to warm up. In the background is my neighbor’s house. December 2010.
An evening stroll with the bf and bff, NY 2010.
medicine
is sucking
the artistry
out of me.
Ha Long Bay, 2009.
