Let's Do the Time Warp Again

I had my senior high school year book out in order to search for folks on Facebook. I came across what my boyfriend, my "First" wrote -

"Hi, you crazy, beautiful, wonderful, loving neat person. We've kept each other happy for awhile now. I think we're good for each other. I really hope your life goes well for you. I think it will; you're a strong person; you can do it. I will always love you."

and then, drumroll please, the last line, further down, smaller,

"How can you love two people at the same time?"

Because, you see, he was crushin' on my friend and future housemate in a real intense way. This is the inept way of teenagers.

This is the poem I wrote for him that was printed in a special 'arts' section of our yearbook

The sun has left in quiet brilliance

And in my own mind

I hear all the beautiful music

That has ever been written...

The pale moon has risen

High above my head

To cast a new light

Upon the sleeping earth

And my peaceful, easy way.

This is my time, your time.

Let us talk while others sleep,

Let us laugh while others are silent.

Oh, let us be.

This is the romantic way of teenagers. What a time.

Please, be kind to a teenager. Their lives can be so terribly urgent and awkward.

Working from Home

My lil' home office. Just got back from the post office, where I sent an order (shout out to Mel!) from my photo website.

I'm having a blast printing up photos, calendars, posters -- while the dogs are snoring in the background a pot of lentil soup is cooking on the stove.

Do not spend $4.00 on a steaming hot latte.
Do not order a $9.00 martini to blow off steam
and wind up too tired to do anything but fall into bed
and dream of architectural drawings and clients foaming at the mouth.
Do not spend $100.00 on a new wool blazer
and costume jewelry so I can keep up with the bosses.

Extremists Of Every Stripe

An excellent piece on Ft. Hood, extremism, the army's lax standards, and bigotry. This blog is excellent, and it covers a wide range of news topics and opinion. I haven't heard any news on whether or not Muslims are again being targeted for abuse and beatings in this country after this shooting. But if I were a Muslim, I'd be scared. There are crazies on all sides.

It's All Too Beautiful

I went to a fantastic web site this morning. This man makes stunning photographs full of pathos and dreams. Also hugely compassionate. He had this video linked, which pretty much summed up my feelings for his work:



It blows my mind: the richness and diversity of our human experience.

Not Your Steppin' Stone

Had to share this great letter someone wrote in response to DNC requests for donations. It's posted over at Pam's House Blend. I think I will be sending a similar letter next time I am solicited (like, tomorrow or later this afternoon probably).

"Dear Mr. Carville and DSCC,
I am in receipt of your most recent solicitation for funds. Apparently, the last two email responses were not direct enough or were misplaced. Let me repeat:
I will not send a single dime of my hard-earned money to any Democratic organization that sits on its hands regarding equality for the LGBT community.
I will continue to support individual politicians -- in the Senate that includes Senators Harkin, Merkley and Franken because of their leadership on ENDA -- as they have demonstrated fully that they not only support equality, but are willing to act like Democrats and work for it.
The DSCC, the DNC, the DHCC and the Obama administration talk of equality but seem all-to-willing to compromise, equivocate and defer on civil equality for LGBT Americans. If you believe this is somehow in the service of the greater good, the compromises you and your membership have made on health care reform, global warming and protecting a woman's reproductive freedom belie that.
Simply put, to paraphrase from the banking industry, 'Your current transaction has been declined. The risk for providing any additional monetary credit is too high at the present time. Pay off your current debt to the LGBT community, and we'll see if your score improves enough to revisit the situation.'
In other words, the gAyTM is closed.
If you feel that this assessment is in error, please feel free to submit evidence to the contrary.
Have a nice day!"

And now, for your consideration

I'm going to send you over to my new blog, wherein I display and hopefully sell some of my images. I've had one order so far!

My Washington Experience

I am visually delighted by new vistas. During one day on Steamboat Island, we were treated to a variety of climates. M. and I walked the island at low tide, and still couldn't get all the way around. But I did get a lot of good photos. One photo I didn't take was the dead seal washed up, with its skull exposed while skin and hair was still present elsewhere. I thought I'd leave the beast in peace. The seagulls were having a feast.

Being at Steamboat for the weekend felt like being away for a week. A completely new environment and perspective. Yes!