1548, Venice “I’ve found the perfect place,” he said under his breath, as he sipped his coffee and pretended read the newspaper. “Oh?” She tucked her foot back, stretching, to tap his sole. It was a slight movement, no real physical contact, but it meant the world to her. “In […]
Yearly Archives: 2010
30 posts
Marie Laveau’s Final Resting Place, New Orleans MARIE LAVEAU As sung by Papa Celestin There lived a conjure lady not long ago In New Orleans Lou’siana named Marie Laveau. Believe it or not, strange as it seems, She made a fortune sellin’ voodoo and interpretin’ dreams. She was known throughout […]
from the Ponte Vecchio, Florence It had been a jam-packed day in Florence. We had walked the city, been to the Museo Galileo, stood by the River Arno watching the rain fall, debating on whether or not to continue on. The clouds parted, and we started across the Ponte Vecchio, […]
Stepping Stones, Heian Gardens After choosing this way, then this way, and finally, this way, I end up at a beautiful, lily-filled pond. Gingerly, I step onto the first stone. Now I’m precariously perched over water, feeling at once that I’m floating, that I’m walking on water, but that I’m […]
Alice’s Conundrum Meandering through Heian’s gardens I stumbled upon this sign and stood, staring, awaiting the Cheshire cat to appear. ‘Cheshire Puss,’ she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. ‘Come, it’s pleased so […]
Peace Lantern, Golden Gate Park To give myself a good kick in the pants to start posting more often, I thought I’d share some of the stories behind my photographs. Starting today, I’ll be posting one story of each photograph. Some may be short, some may be long, some may […]
Buddha, Golden Gate Park, 2010 You’ve heard that before, many times, if you’re still out there. I’ve finally gotten around to fixing the look of the blog, and the rest of the site should follow in its footsteps shortly, along with getting my Gallery fixed and ZenCart running (if you […]
So tonight, the hubby is out. I decided to sit down, have a bottle of wine, and unwind. Checking the Netflix queue I settled upon Food, Inc. to watch, probably because of a quiz on YumSugar today about the same movie. I was perusing the CB2 catalog, and half-watching this […]
For about a year or two, I’ve been meaning to move my blog from blogger to WordPress, but being the procrastinator-extraordinaire, it’s just now happening. Unfortunately, this means I’ve broken a few things on the site that I now get to fix. Oh joy! Hopefully these things will get fixed […]
Remember laundry day in college? Where every shred of clothing you owned was dirty. Dirty, not just worn once or twice. I loved that the building I lived in had 10+ washers and dryers in the basement, because I generally had 6 or 7 loads of laundry to do at […]