Cobwebs of the Heart
As I was running through the first mist of fall this morning, I noticed a very simple gate at the threshold of a garden. Spun in the gate’s spiral was a spider’s web. Those silky strands are typical of early autumn, but from afar they didn’t resemble the dining room table of a hungry arachnid. […]
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A Partial List of Ways I Procrastinated Packing This Week
Watching 500 Days of Summer with my roommate while eating the world’s biggest artichoke. Visiting a Mexican-Italian fusion restaurant and photo booth with a nice boy. Doctor’s appointment. Cashing in on my New Year’s resolution of getting online banking before 2012’s end. Indoor skydiving. Online shopping at Modcloth. Hugs at ZOZI. Coffee with Mom. Sleeping […]
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Call it Chicken Salad
I feel like my heart is a throat lozenge, residing just beneath my tonsils and keeping the back of my tongue numb. I can feel her presence, ensuring my larynx won’t cause me any pain and blocking my vocal chords from doing anything detrimental, such as taking it all back – the leaving of the […]
Take a TourSaying Goodbye in Order to Say Hello
Oy. One of the hardest parts about making a choice to do something – like dating in every state – was that when I said yes to adventure, I was inevitably setting myself up to also saying goodbye. Before I get to the fun part of all this – dolling up, dating, and forcing Megan to listen to […]
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Forward Motion
Journeys are about making a choice, and holy skate-shop, Batman, I sure as heck never dreamed a message on a Volcom sweatshirt would be the deciding factor for what will be the most gutsy endeavor I’d ever take on. Yet ten years ago, a girl stood in front of me, with script across her cotton […]
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