Dear Diary 010: Floodgates

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Dear Diary 010: Floodgates

No Comments 16 July 2010

You better believe that when I’m quiet for this long there’s bound to be a crack in the dam forming. Summer’s been like pow! Yellow rays and warm breeze and wrapped in sweat and light and heat and adventure. So the world lights up with long days and the people come outside and run around crazy-style [...]

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Dear Diary 009: Summertime Fat Cat Dreams

3 Comments 16 May 2010

Dreamy Fat Cat Escapes I had a dream that I went on vacation and took the cats with me. I insisted on carrying them everywhere and eventually lost them. I don’t usually interpret or write down dreams, but this one came after I calculated that I will have traveled away from home this year for 5 out [...]

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Dear Diary 008: Blood on the Sidewalk

4 Comments 04 May 2010

Yesterday Uganda’s highest ice caps split in half. Or at least that’s when it was discovered and reported. Yesterday I also had my chi rearranged by a very capable Amma practitioner. I entered and then fled Powell’s Book Store (disoriented!) and then wrote product copy for approximately 35 pieces of activewear. While I was typing, a [...]

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Dear Diary 007: I Want Sammy Back

3 Comments 01 May 2010

Wells Fargo parking lot. Bewildered puppy walking zig-zag style. Won’t go near anyone. Clearly disoriented. I have a way with dogs so I talk sweet to him. Crouch down real low. Make the kissy noises. “Oh, Sammy!” I say when he comes to me and I read the tag. A woman from the bank comes out and says, [...]

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Dear Diary 007: Please Take Me Back (Handwritten)

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Dear Diary 007: Please Take Me Back (Handwritten)

2 Comments 27 March 2010

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Dear Diary 006: Satin Kegs and Team Rides

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Dear Diary 006: Satin Kegs and Team Rides

1 Comment 22 March 2010

All’s Fair in Love and Team Rides Riding for Veloforma is precious and wonderful and gut-wrenching. These girls are fast, see. So fast. Like lightening. The little one – made of muscles. A new recruit. A girl I worked with professionally in years past and understood to be rock solid. I dragged her out to a ‘cross race with [...]

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