A few days ago, I was feeling a bit uninspired. I wrote on my “Wall,” (a kind of bulletin board that all my Friends* can read): “Anyone got any good quotes?”
Within the hour, I had several. Ah, instant gratification; it’s nice. And this is quite a variety:
Hasani: “Despite the cost of living it still remains [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Quotes via Facebook
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged friends, quotes, words on January 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wrong trousers.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, funny on January 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just had a little blast of anxiety– tingles up and down my body, my heart sped up. I’m wide awake and working, so I thought, “Hmm. What can I do to make myself feel better, to keep this from becoming worse?”
I typed, “feel calm” into Google. The first item that came up was apparently [...]
Out of words, for the moment
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m doing okay, but I don’t have much to say.
This is a church door next to my office building. I hope they never repaint it.
Good fiction: another thing that helps
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, friends, poetry, reading on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My dear friend Eric took me to the 92nd Street Y tonight, to hear Junot Diaz and Jamaica Kincaid. I had forgotten how good it feels to hear new things. When I was an undergrad, we went all the time to hear poets and fiction writers; I think I heard more readings than went to [...]
Things that help
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, friends, reading on January 26, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’ve struggled with night terrors and panic attacks for so, so long. This sharp anxiety lately feels like a setback, because I had been sleeping through the night for months, and now am back to my middle of the night ruminating, heart-racing, heavy-breathing dread. Of course, this tends to worsen the experience of worrying and [...]
Anxiety, or: the financial crisis personalized
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, life, School on January 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Those of you who know me in real life know that I’ve been waiting (and trying, and making calls, and navigating the world of financial aid) for a portion of my student loans to come through for this year.
Long story short: in August, right around the time of the national financial crisis, I discovered that [...]
the Free Table
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged community living, cool on January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here in our community, we have a Free Table in the laundry room. Best thing ever. If you have clothes, household items, books, magazines… anything really, that you don’t want, or would otherwise throw away or take to Goodwill, you just leave it on the Free Table. And, whatever you see on the Free Table [...]
the Reverend King, father
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged photographs on January 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My favorite photos of MLK are the unexpected ones– the famous one of him praying at the dinner table with his family, or in his preaching robes. It’s easy to forget that he was a preacher, with a congregation–we see him so frequently as a Leader. I also sometimes forget that he was a father [...]
Aw, shucks
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogs, friendship, writing on January 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My blog won an award!
The Proximidade Award states,
“This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY – nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement.
Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are [...]
Camille Doncieux Monet
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, love on January 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In my daily circuitous route around my favorite webspots, I discovered (thanks, Jezebel) that when Claude Monet’s wife Camille died– she was his _beloved_ wife — he responded by immediately painting a whirling, energy-filled, memorable painting of her.
I love this: I wonder if he imagines her walking through a fountain, or a splash of rain on [...]
