Aug 09 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmOQyyezwCQ
Feathered hair.
Puffy off-the-shoulder prom dresses.
It was 1983 and my Senior Prom. As usual I wasn’t quite in step with fashion. I didn’t have feathered hair. I didn’t have a Big Dress.
Nope.
My hair was end-of-the-permanent-wave wavy. My dress was a silky dark violet sheath with spaghetti straps, vaguely Grecian in look.
My date was a junior in [...]
Aug 03 2008
Life is full of simple pleasures.
Life is full of beauty.
Look around. There is joy and beauty to be found.
. . . . . . . . [...]
Jul 21 2008
I was having a long late-night conversation with a friend of mine.
Catching up in the news and what happened at the birthday party of a mutual friend. I couldn’t make it - I had plans.
He told me who showed up, the gifts, the food.
He said, “But what was weird was when everyone started talking about [...]