checking in with myself at the end of this week, i feel battered and a little bruised. there have been hurtful conversations and pointless words exchanged. i have pushed my own selfishness and conceit on others. i have interrupted and interjected and fought and cried against the most blinding, obvious realization staring me in the [...]

there are instances when you just know someone is positively fibbing. like the sound of the overenthusiastic, high-pitched monday “good morning” to coworkers, that i am guilty of as of this morning. i figure i’m not the only one who is crudely incapable of being genuine after dragging my body up before dawn. i also [...]

tomorrow marks a year gone by since the best day of my life – our wedding day. because it falls on a monday this time around, we decided to celebrate this weekend by staying at a downtown seattle hotel for one night and going to a familiar restaurant for dinner. the pink door serves genuine [...]

the best song i have found yet this summer was handed to me by my friend ryan. greg laswell is a musician/song writer from san diego; to me he sounds like a not-depressed-but-equally-thoughtful- and-introspective version of damien rice. the truth is, this song is very tied to the entry i wrote yesterday. maybe an hour [...]

in the midst of a weekend overflowing with sun, wakeboarding and great food and company, i made the mistake of picking up the newspaper. what i read was horrifying and unforgettable. i don’t even know how to lay down the facts here. i just know that a fourteen year old girl with cerebral palsy died [...]

i was sitting in my usual spot on the sofa, smushed smack dab in the crack between the panels next to bry. i turned around and noticed on the shelf behind me a clear, lidded jar that holds to the brim tiny pieces of lightly tinted glass. i thought to ask bryan where it came [...]