6.16.07
Metal Plate
This is the last time I write. I do not know why until tomorrow.

5.22.07
Naked
I feel this way even though I walk around fully clothed.

4.something.07
Messy
This is what someone has nicknamed me. Now I live in 3rd person.

3.25.07
Obama
I join the WA grassroots Obama effort. My free time is gone.

2.21.07
Mourning
Jack died. He got too cold. A plant sprouts up from his grave.

1.01.07
Sunshine
I must move to get some -- all the way to Austin, Texas.

12.15.06
Windstorm
Gaping dirt holes litter the ground where large trees used to stand.

11.20.06
Jack
My new Beta fish is like me. He puffs out his chest and ruffles up his fins when he's mad.

11.15.06
Genesis 7
Seattle swims in rain. My neighbor builds an arc. He does not sell me a ticket (there is already one freak onboard).

10.01.06
Slapping Honey
I enter a piece of work into the HuffingtonPost's Contagious Festival. I do not win.

9.29.06
Teeny Tiny
I till the soil and scatter seeds. Now I see a field of teeny tiny sprouts emerging.

9.12.06
Blood Vines
Today I chop out blackberry stumps and vines -- hundreds of them. I bleed, but not for them.

8.01.06
Again
I move again. I feel like a ping-pong being slapped around by my own hand.

7.15.06
Blow Up
Today I blow up like a cannon. Pieces of metal are still flying into my skin.

5.04.06
Inteli
My new Intel-based iMac arrives today! I am a happy yellow bug (but I need more RAM!).

5.01.06
May Day
Today I march with thousands of others in desire for sweeping reform to existing immigration laws (I got lots of blisters and hi-5s).

3.29.06
Farm House
There is a solar eclipse occurring on the other side of the world. Today I plant a seed to a dream that I hold dear.

12.25.05
Blessmas
I spend Christmas alone this year. It is just my brushes and me painting away -- lost in the immensity of Seattle gray.

11.06.05
Sit!
I win the Seattle Times newspaper contest for Worst Boss story. My piece is published today.

10.28.05
CacKle
Hackle, pop, snap, crackle! I see a chiropractor for the first time. I say, "Jesus Christ" afterward, like you would if you saw a cow fluttering in the sky.

10.26.05
Elliot Bay
I miss the 5-year anniversary of Elliot Bay Books open mike night; I have a writing class scheduled for this time. I fax them a poem.

10.10.05
Realized
I receive a postcard in the mail from Annie Dillard. I hide it for two days before reading it.

10.01.05
Dreams
I create a giant Dream board in my house. I tack my dreams to it.

9.24.05
Matia
I hop onto a seaplane and hurdle to the San Juan Islands. Here, I come face to face with the L-Pod.

9.17.05
Spirits
I have fourth row tickets to the Dead Can Dance. I will be able to look into Lisa Gerrard's eyes.

7.25.05
Poof!
The summer wafts by. I even forget about the 4th of July.

6.16.05
36
Today I turn thirty plus one plus five. My dear friend, whose party I miss, turns forty plus one plus five.

5.23.05
Stunt Girl
I do a cartwheel down the staircase. Now I can't ride my new bike.

5.16.05
Kona Blast
My new Kona cross-country hardtail is SEXIER than Angelina Jolie.

5.12.05
Gushing Hose
The washing machine exploded! Never buy used appliances (that's what Reader's Digest says).

5.05.05
Lost Mac
"Chances that your computer is lost and that we have to reorder is about as likely as getting struck by lightening." Five days later, he reorders.

5.03.05
Grey Hair
Today I find a gray hair in my eyebrow. Will it grow back gray if I yank in out?

4.28.05
New Perch
Why is each move worse than the last? My new perch (hopefully) is worth all of the grief.