May Dreaming at the Beach

24May12

Thanks for visiting my local beach. I know I’ll be hanging out here frequently this summer as it is free and it’s been super hot and dry so far this year! What kind of summer activities are you looking forward to? Would you swim in a lake/river/ocean or do you prefer their chlorinated brethren?

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Tags: beach, George Wythe, lake, photo, sky, state park, summer, sun, swim, water

Backyard Views

22May11

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Trippy Trees

20Jan11

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The Dead Winter

19Feb10

“What the heck? It’s the dead of winter and the sun is still shining!” -small girl outside the Waterloo Public Library I came to the library today and realized that I am in charge of my own blues. I miss college so much it has almost made me ill! I have failed to realize up […]

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Sleeping Beauty

08Feb10

Sleeping Beauty (French: La Belle au Bois dormant, “The Beauty sleeping in the wood“) is a classic fairy tale which involves a beautiful princess, an enchantment and a handsome prince. It is the first in the set published in 1697 by Charles Perrault, Contes de ma Mère l’Oye (“Tales of Mother Goose”).  There have been […]

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Half-Asleep

24Jan10

Am I going insane or just walking around half-asleep again? I hear clowns or something more sinister laughing from the closet. I throw my cat-pillow but she is heavier than I remember so she lands close enough to encircle my head again. I see a familiar number on the loud buzzing face, I can’t ignore […]

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Snap

24Jan10

I could tell you the whole story, but even that would be quite incomplete. Imagine your memories, now try to imagine memories that there aren’t any pictures of… how far back do they go? What happens to moments that aren’t important, those that dry up and stir around like dust falling through thick rays of […]

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Tags: blastedgoat, dissapear, ground, hiccup, hippocampus, jack, memories, nonsense, poem, sky, snap, story, sun

The Golden Afternoon

20May09

The sun blinds me through a window with no blinds as I lean over to examine this pale blue afternoon. A cat yet again sits on a plastic storage bin amid recently emptied boxes. 7:53 but a bee buzzes still near a tree, near my window. Three large pictures broken-up with: white window-latches, burgundy curtains, […]

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