Yearly Archives: 2008

32 posts

Gray Skies

Santa Francesca Romana Gray is a color that comforts me. The moment I slip into a gray t-shirt, sweatshirt, or sweater, I’m just so damn comfortable and I get the warm and fuzzies. I’m slowly learning it’s not just being wrapped in gray – just the color cues my mind […]

There’s not a blonde among them….

Yeah, we lack that sort of precision.Heh – yeah. We’ll just do our own thing – we’re blonde.😛 Before the Chinese junks in the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, there was a beautiful performance leading in – men in a green and yellow dip-dye costume, with a woman above them, […]

8.8

Twenty years ago I was off on my first great adventure out of the country. That day, as I boarded the Continental jet headed for Cancun, I saw the headline on a man’s paper – 8.8.88 – in big, bold letters. This morning I opened my inbox to an advertisement […]

Purple Haze

A couple of weeks ago I came home from work and everything was hazy. It was actually rather beautiful although it was an odd, surreal feeling. I know the picture isn’t purple haze, more yellow, like that eerie color the sky gets before a really bad thunderstorm. I didn’t get […]

the Dragon’s Lair

Gondola Detail, Venice My gondola detail is featured on a treasury at Etsy put together by Simply Suzula. The treasury is full of dragons and has some pretty cool artwork, so go check it out.

Another Sleepless Night

Window, Vatican City Well, not quite sleepless. Sleep just ended promptly with a whack of the neighbors window, which was followed by the usual 4 am noise. God, how I wish they’d get a hotel room. In other news, I’m routine. Wake up (at 4 am), and again at 6 […]