friday happy to you m’loves! it’s smiles and snuggles all around here these days. why does priscilla think she’s a canine-blanket? she’s thanking me for finding newport tails, a dog-walking, dog-obedience, & daycare service located in...
as if my love for all things california couldn’t get more visceral, yesterday my EUREKA! state showered me with the sweetest summer storm. nothing to get an umbrella out for, but just enough of mother earth’s sprinkle and humidity to get the tongues...
 yesterday afternoon a stranger, grabbed my un-manicured, heavily purell’d hand, looked me straight in the eye, and said: “young lady, you’re in mighty need of a road trip.” after what seemed like the world’s longest, awkward silence,...
on wednesday i was called out on instagram, by the beautiful cassie, to expose the inside of my soul gym bag. my first reaction to this public summons was to politely pretend i hadn’t seen the request, to suddenly have a convenient “social media”...
i’ll try to use words. there are the obvious ones: grateful, beholden, indebted, disbelieving, bed-wetting; but they all seem flat and empty compared to the marching band of thankful drumming around in my belly as i try to sit still. wednesday afternoon, in a...
when part and parceling for a baby girl, my parents bred for self-confidence, brains, and poise; instead they got sarcasm, table manners, and a rehab-level need to please. it wasn’t their fault, i came out of the womb making amends, ironically rolling my eyes at...
