it was so nice to be able to spend time in MI with you this past week. that aside, i am realizing more and more how much i appreciate the fact that you and i are able to enjoy the same things from very far away . sort of takes away the distance to enjoy the same experience. here are some photos of the amazing sunset last night . . .

'swonderful

It was so great to have you visit, friend. I just love having you around, eating good food and talking together...

Happy Monday, friend. I am trying to recover a bit from a night of jamming out on some hand drums and sipping wine in a fabulously decorated apartment that I secretly lusted after...quite a night!

I am puffy and pooped this morning--thank God for coffee and pastries from Panera! (thank him more for engagement gifts of Panera gift cards...) Can't wait to see you--approximately 24 hrs!!!

is it really friday? time just wooshes past leaving me stunned. there is so much i meant to do yesterday . . . i am so three days ago.

maybe i should take tap dance lessons--increase my awareness of time through rhythm, or the drums. yes i shoudl start to play the drums again. that will certainly solve my procrastination problems by teaching me how to work with time. oh yeah . . . i'm so set.

ok, changing the subject. i have a few photos for you . . . i'm trying to decide if i should explain what i was doing or let you guess . . .

cinder block office

What could be better than green tea and nice music to accompany the soft tapping of my own fingers on the keyboard? I have to go to class soon, but I wrote a little poem for you. Maybe it will spark the fuse of your thesis-weary mind. (Countdown: 4 days!)

tea, with pleasure
stir dreams
with peacock feathers
sever the knot
from the taught rope
and sail
further than the sighted stretch
of glassy supposition
plunging into the depth
of opal imagination

today was long. i'm exhausted and i don't have nearly enough done on my thesis . . . ah well. i don't want to read or wright so i think i will just look out the window . . .

thrilled

It is Sunday night, and I am thrilled with how my weekend went (mind you, I did not get any work done at all). It was fabulous.
Last night I relaxed with chilled chanin blanc (especially delicious in the unseasonable humidity) and a lovely bonfire. Today, I ate a large Greek salad (yum!), napped, and meandered through Target and Trader Joes. What could be better?





As I went along throughout my valiantly relaxing saturday and sunday, I snapped some pics I thought you'd appreciate, especially the ones of the yard this evening. Just makes me want to put on some Johnny Cash and eat chocolate.