It’s our castle and our keep

It’s our castle and our keep

I finally took a good batch of photos of the new(ish) place.

There are tons more in this Flickr set: Our House Is a Very Very Fine House

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Dance, Dance, Devotion

Dance, Dance, Devotion

I really need to write performance reviews RIGHT AFTER I GET HOME. Or better yet, IN THE CAR ON THE WAY HOME. Otherwise I start a draft of a post with a few keywords and some links and then come …

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Depression is depressing

Depression is depressing

So. I’ve been depressed.

Phew, that feels better. The hard part for me is always coming to terms and saying outloud: I feel like shit.

I’ve had depression several times in my life – I lucked into some wicked …

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Things I Don’t Say

Things I Don’t Say

A few days ago I was rushing to catch the foot ferry when I was stopped on a corner by a red light. As I stood there hopping from foot to foot as one is wont to do when one …

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Holding, holding

Holding, holding

I haven’t posted in awhile – my brain’s been sludged up with nonsense and crud lately. I’ve got a few posts half-written, but in the meantime, an old standby: Things I’m Waiting To Read and Watch, a.k.a. my Holds Queue.…

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Digging the Dancing Dream

Digging the Dancing Dream

We watched a spectacular documentary/dance film earlier this week: Dancing Dreams (2010) shows 40 teens learning and performing a dance piece under the supervision of Pina Bausch and two of her principal dancers. The kids have never danced …

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Hair, shoes, & the “W” word

Hair, shoes, & the “W” word

Hair

I got my hair cut! It was amazing! It feels like old news already, but here are some photos. The haircut was free since I’d had a bad one earlier in the year, but it felt very posh all …

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Oh my darlin, oh my darlin!

Oh my darlin, oh my darlin!

OH MY DARLIN CLEMENTINE!
I’ve been eating a lot of clementines which makes this song a permanent resident in my head.

All of the stuff swimming around in my head right doesn’t really fit into any theme, so I’m going …

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