Prosaic Paradise

It’s rare that you ask someone to cut your hair and they do exactly what you want stylishly and accurately, in a way you can maintain. Very, very rare. But I waited long enough and my patience was rewarded. This was my hair before. This is what I asked for – a kind of a […]

I woke up this morning after a vivid dream that my friend April had decided, due to some kind of weird urban tribal urge, that she needed enter and scale an abandoned high rise building. The building was maybe 20 stories tall, and painted entirely, boarded windows and all, a terrible chalky shade of red. […]

I was all ready to replace the sac and do some other repairs on this Estie J-Series my dad found while at the AAA Antique mall while he was visiting. Sadly – or really happily – I don’t have to get it in writing condition, because it already is in terrific condition! OK, so the […]

I got a letter from the Office of Admissions and Advising at Howard Community College! I think the thin letter/thick letter thing kind of doesn’t count when you are applying to Nursing shool at community college, but I can’t tell you for sure, because I only got a thin letter. It goes something like this: […]

Hero (short for Hieronymus) came to us 5 years ago as a 6 year old shelter kitty. He’d been in a foster home for two years (how could anyone foster this cat and not want to keep him?) and prior to that, adopted and rejected. What rough streets he traveled in his youth we will […]

(Sorry for skipping last week… nobody’s perfect!) I had one of those Aha! moments this week. The following became evident to me through various channels in a concrete way: Taking care of yourself is a way of showing that you have respect, or regard, for yourself. Duh, right? Well, for me it’s a tough one […]

1987 was a really good year in music. …Nothing Like the Sun, In My Tribe, Document, Meet Danny Wilson, Pop Goes the World, Permanent Vacation, Bucky Fellini, Tango in the Night, Whenever You Need Somebody, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby… OK at the end of that list things start to fall apart. […]

This is just a heads up to anyone out there who was inspired by my story about Girls Rock Camp last August. The volunteer application for this year is up, and there is a great need for organizers and help. There will also be a camper application up soon – so if you know girls […]

What are the most skipped songs in your music collection? Would it surprise you to know that the highest skip count listed in my collection is 4? This is yet another symptom of my weird emotional issues, for sure. I would rather restart a playlist than give a song a skip count simply because I’m […]

This Friday was a rare treat – I got to take my parents to a concert. As you probably know, I dearly love music and go to a fair amount of shows nowadays. But I don’t think I’ve gone to see live music with my own parents since the days of Dramtreeo shows at that […]