I’ve been a bit sad for the past few days, and I couldn’t put my finger on why. Then I took some time this morning in the shower to think about the past few days and realized that it’s been raining non-stop since I got back from California. Everday it starts out cloudy and overcast, [...]
Archive > June 2004
Life is beautiful.
I am back from Los Angeles after a week of sunshine, good food, good company, and good times. I am rested and ready to get back into things. As an early birthday present, I got an iBook G4. It’s incredible, and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone who has a need for a [...]
California, here we come…
Well kids, I leave for Los Angeles tomorrow morning around 6:00 a.m., so I thought it might be a good idea to go ahead and post. There isn’t enough tea in the world to wake me up that early, so any attempt at blogging would have been pointless…I will be back on the 25th, so [...]
Some lyrics for this Monday.
These lyrics are by a group I newly “discovered,” Sun Kil Moon: “Carry Me Ohio” Sorry that I could never love you back. I could never care enough in these last days. Her tears fell on her pages, found me well on her words. I don’t know what to do or say. Wading through warm [...]
Strange and beautiful.
I received a postcard in today’s mail. The picture on the front is of a house in the middle of a vast expanse of fields and mountains, and the back says: “I’m sitting here on the island of Iona at St. Columba‘s great cathedral on as fine a spring morning as you could imagine…” The [...]
L’article de mysterie.
It’s official! I sold my article to the lovely folks at Pulse Magazine. I got word this morning, and I have to say that the news made my day! I can now tell you all that the article is called “The Legacy of Suicide” and is about suicide survivors — the term used to refer [...]