Realization (or maybe acceptance?) that the things I want are big and I’m going to have to go out in the wide world to meet them. Seeing different stages of life unfolding in friends’ lives is a joy. There’s no…
bouviers on the brain
Does it get any more iconic than Jackie Kennedy Onassis? Lately, she’s been on my brain as I read Jackie as Editor, a biography by Greg Lawrence about the former First Lady’s nineteen years in the publishing business. I also…
surprise
Imagine my surprise when I passed this bright yellow, American school bus in the middle of the 16th. A pleasant, unexpected interruption to my iPod, afternoon-strolling adventure. So out of place, it produced a wide smile and a what the heck kind…
take a note
Write this down and repeat after me: If I ever go to Baltimore, I will visit Miss Shirley’s Cafe for breakfast. Do it. Do it. Do it.
bastille day
Happy Freedom, Non-Monarchy Day to the new land that I love.
charm city & dc
I know, I know, I’ve been ridiculously absent lately. I have spent most of my time watching movies and reading and the lazyness seems to have spread from my legs to my words. I promise to be back in fighting writing…