Spring –Mary Oliver from New and Selected Poems Somewhere a black bear has just risen from sleep and is staring down the mountain. All night in the brisk and shallow restlessness of early spring I think of…
Posting Here and There
I’ve been trying not to post if I’m just going to whine—why subject others to the negativity? Obviously, I slipped up yesterday. Happy thing—I didn’t take a BC pill this morning, and I’m not experiencing nearly as much nausea. Thank…
Member of Curves? Guess Who You’re Supporting?
I’ve heard very nice things about Curves. I even considered poking my nose into one. Well, I won’t be doing so now. The founder gives 10% of his profits to anti-choice groups like Operation Save America – that’s the current…
More Poetry
The Other Door By John Isbell This poem, if read right, Unlocks the secrets of the universe. It contains a galaxy. It contains an archipelago of galaxies. It contains an ant. It contains a sunset. It contains number and geometry.…
Whinging
Damn. I have bug bites on my feet and ankles. I don’t want to say the “f” word, but that’s what they look and feel like. Hmph. I am absolutely sure now that the birth control pills are causing the…
Poem: Angels
Angels –Maurya Simon from Ghost Orchid Who are without mercy, Who confide in trumpet flowers, Who carry loose change in their pockets, Who dress in black velvet, Who wince and fidget like bats, Who balance their haloes on hatracks, Who…
The Spoon Theory
Go read The Spoon Theory. I don’t care if you have any kind of chronic illness or not – you know someone who does, and you need to read it. Thank you, redcub. Thank you very much!
Security, Posts and Time
How has your use of LJ—specifically of security settings on your posts—changed over time? If it has changed, anyway. I started out making mostly public posts, then went friends-only for a time. Some things were tightly-filtered—and, in fact, a couple…
Birthday Girl Tomorrow
Happy Birthday, twochicsinbham. Um, wait—it was D’s birthday recently. Is it A’s birthday now? Or is the “birthday” significant of something else? In any case, have a good one 🙂
I Woke Up!
On time, even. That’s something of a miracle—and a good thing, as Katie has an 8:15 appointment in Marietta. Happy Monday!