November 2010
“I must learn to love the fool in me—the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility,...
How to make a Kate
The Drink:
Muddle a few mint leaves and a lime in your glass*
*also can muddle a bit of ginger if you’d like the extra bite.
Add two ice cubes (I happen to hate when a bartender uses more ice than drink).
One and one-half shot whiskey (or two, depending on the night— I prefer Jameson’s but to be honest, any whiskey will do).
Fill the rest of the glass with chilled...
“I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.”
– ~ John Steinbeck (Winter of our Discontent)
The only thing I cannot say, still.
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Day 11 (part of the Thirty Day Letter project)
Dear Great-Grandpa Al,
To be honest, I had a hard time choosing between you and Granny, or one of my great-uncles on mom’s side. But I actually knew them. Granny the longest, and I guess I’d like to know her more because I am named after her. It seems like a lot to carry around— someone else’s name— when you don’t know them quite as well as you’d like...
Day 25 (part of the Thirty Day Letter project)
Dear “Serena”,
I’m sorry that I’m not in touch more. I don’t know what to say because what I want to say are some magic words that will make all of this go away and give you back everything you had before your accident. I still feel guilty that I didn’t go to see you while you were in the hospital, that I sat staring at your husband’s number and could...
Day 3 (part of the Thirty Day Letter project)
This is going to be short and sweet, because lord knows in the last week alone I have thrown so much at you in terms of late night phone calls, and texts, and mid-day phone calls, and crying because I am so stressed.
I do not say enough how much I appreciate you. I do not say enough how much I love you. And I definitely do not tell you nearly enough that I am proud to have you as my parent. ...
Day 28 (part of the Thirty Day Letter project)
(http://nolabird.tumblr.com/post/1445166778/thirty-day-letter-challenge-borrowed-from)
Dear You,
You’re ‘You’ and not your name because, for me, “hey you” is a term of endearment, the one I would use if I saw you again. I don’t know if you’d remember me. Which is bittersweet as I could meet you again as this person now, but also because you...
Day 7 (part of the Thirty Day Letter project)
(Here’s the link to the post this is originating from: http://nolabird.tumblr.com/post/1445166778/thirty-day-letter-challenge-borrowed-from)
Dear Ex,
For a while I didn’t know how to forgive you. I didn’t know how to stop loving you first, and then how to stop hating you. You took advantage of every weakness and vulnerability I had. You took advantage of me. For a good...
Three Quotes
“Decide to fall in love with the world & it will swoop you up in its arms & smother you with kisses. You will get all your joy & excitement back a million times over. This is real, this is how it works. Even when you feel hard & cold & angry, you have more love to give away than you could ever believe possible. It is infinite like galaxies. Just give it away. Imagine...
