I got some pretty positive, supportive responses to my post earlier this week about my “leftover” engagement ring, including a really great reality check from my old high school friend, Leonard, in the form of a link to this article from the February 1982 edition of the Atlantic Monthly. Though nearly 30 years old, the [...]
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A diamond is forever?
Posted in Blathering, Love, Neuroses on January 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
10 Things That Make Me Happy
Posted in Dreams, Love, Stuff I dig, tagged Plinky on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The music of Peter Mulvey I’ve been listening to him for more than a decade and his music speaks to me in a way that nothing else does. He is itinerant poet, acoustic guitar god, and songwriter extraordinaire and he produces these gravelly-voiced, thoughtful, heart-rending works of pure genius that simultaneously tear away my denial [...]
Gratitude
Posted in Blathering, Family, Love on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It occurs to me that I’ve spent a lot of time whining on this blog lately. I think my whining is (a little) justifiable given the crap I’ve been contending with over the past few months, but at the same time I’m growing sick of it. And if I’m sick of it, the readers have [...]
The Best Advice I Ever Received
Posted in Love, Pure Genius, Random thoughts, tagged Plinky on July 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Heart Some of the best advice I’ve ever gotten came from my wonderful friend, Phoebe. I can’t paraphrase what she told me and do it justice, so I’ll just quote her: “…but the fact that you loved [...] is the thing that you shouldn’t forget in this. it is the most beautiful part of who [...]