Yesterday I stumbled out for coffee and glanced at the newspaper boxes, which trumpeted the latest collapse of Wall Street. The biggest dive since 9/11, they screamed…ah well…i sat down with my coffee and blueberry cream-filled muffin, and text messaged a bunch of folks at random: “Pssst…the global economy is collapsing…pass it on..” My brother …
Subdividing time
I am thinking about how time is infinitely divisible. Of course each moment stands alone but is also part of the unstoppable flow, a point but also a wave, like light. And then sometimes I catch myself out thinking, was it worth it, all that pain and frustration, all that “wasted time”? So say that …
The learning curve
It’s a steep one, the learning curve of love: an asymptote alway reaching for the vertical axis but never quite, never just quite there. My curve lifted visibly off the horizontal when I finally hit the wall on treasuring myself through my lovers’ eyes so far above and beyond my own. It’s just too painful. …
My dog has fleas
I was haggling over a bit of purple bridesmaid dress with a Reno housewife at a free boutique in Black Rock City. All of a sudden Maria Mango walked up, carrying a ukulele. She sang, “love is sumthin’ if you give it away, you keep on gettin’ more..” And when that moment returned to my …
How to ask for help
One time I was hitchhiking up the Sunshine Coast.My strategy was to spy out a likely victim in a ferry line or at a gas station, and then approach them for a ride. I noticed that more often than not, drivers would go miles out of their way to deliver me safely to my destination. …