I Guess This is All Fragile
Things that look so fiercely purposeful and permanent are, in the end, just bits of our future sentimentalism. These last few weeks I’ve been getting together one-on-one with some friends over lunch or coffee...
Rhococo Blog
I’d Better Be Careful
That I don’t slip into one more of your little tragedies. ‘Cause that would be no good for me right now. I’m lost. Josh’s family is confusing sometimes. I’ve gotten what I think is...
Dit l’Étoile,
“Permettez-moi d’allumer ma lampe, et jamais le débat si cela peut aider à éliminer les ténèbres.” Le tremblement de terre à Haïti m’a beaucoup fait penser aux changements. Tout le monde, à Port-au-Prince, a...
I’m Too Shy To Show You
My vulnerable side. I’m too near to make it clear— Emotional suicide. True love. The academic side of me wonders whether it even involves endorphins. Whether a couple needs months of that fluttery, unsure,...
In The Trail of Fire
I’ll burn before you bury me Set your sights on the sun Days are rushing by still even though December is over. What gives? Christmas was great this year! We went to Derek and...
The World in Solemn Stillness Lay,
To hear the angels sing. It makes me laugh to think back to when I was a kid. December used to crawl by almost maliciously, or so it seemed, because I was looking forward...
They Say That Snow
Is a message from the sky. I wonder what it’s trying to say… I’m back in the game now after some down time. Tiring as those emotional dips are, I usually come out of...
I Went Somewhere to Hide
Far behind my eyes. I willed you there to see, but you never came for me. I feel so tired and worn out. I’m hoping that a bit of rest is on the horizon,...
People Get Addicted
It’s a problem around here. October has been non-stop action as usual, but I don’t have that spread-thin feeling quite so bad as I did last month. Being good about looking at my calendar...
You Plead to Everyone,
“See the art in me…” We’re doing a kind of passive talent show on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend at church. Basically people are just going to have things set up in the foyer....
