Notes from the Occupation

What is it? The 99% Occupy thing consists of: hippies (wearing sandals, playing catch), libertarians (fun to drink with, but rather standoffish), conspiracy theorists (shiver), lefties who finally have some people to hang with and satisfy their collectivist longings (cute), union folk (with their union ball caps), and a lot of dogs. The dogs seemed […]

Illusions

I have to forgive the trees every fall. It’s okay. I know. You can’t help it. Now I can even work on being excited for them. Hey, next step! Transform! Let’s move on! These are not sentiments that come easily to me. I love deciduous trees. I love the fluttering of their leaves, and […]

Belonging

There was this guy at church who didn’t belong there. He had some kind of scarf over his head, making him a tunnel to hide in. You could barely see his face. He looked like a babushka through the white rabbit hole. The scarf that was hiding his face was a nutty black and white […]

Teachers

I’ve encountered some great teachers lately. I went out Friday night. It took me about an hour to decide what to wear. My back had gone “oh my aching back” again, making me feel about 10,000 years old, and I couldn’t find anything that made me look so fabulous and interesting that it distracted from […]