A few words, together

May 5, 2009

So I said I would do this thing. If you could see all the scraps of paper and utility bill envelopes and Moleskine pages, you’d know that the lyrics didn’t come to me in the space of an afternoon or even a week. A month of here and there (and sometimes there is the shower, […]

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The road: our second date

April 30, 2009

You know you’re going to have a good time with a road when you see a sign like this, right off: Curves Mountain Grades Next 37 Miles Ohhh, yeah. I mean, if a road wants you to go all the way, it can’t just lie there, all flat and emotionless, with no soul, no moves. […]

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Thread

April 27, 2009

Some stories go on, even when we wish they would end. This, I know. My fingers tingle with wanting to snap the book closed. My mouth opens to declare well, that’s that so I can get on with the next story, whole and separate and not tied to the last. A brand new Once upon […]

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The dirt road

April 2, 2009

Here’s the deal. I wrote this post last April, and toward the end of it, I mentioned something about a line that would make a good country song. You all said yes, great idea, write it. And guess what? I didn’t. Not really. I have a few index cards and utility bill envelopes with words […]

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How to land

March 28, 2009

I look out my kitchen window just in time to see a cactus wren fly toward a small saguaro cactus and land on it, quite safely. It always amazes me to watch this, and I wonder, every time, how does the bird know how to do that without getting hurt? Without thinking it, this line […]

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Insomnia: the ungodly hour edition

March 26, 2009

I’m writing this at the hour of night known as  Some Ungodly Hour. You’re all asleep, I assume. Or hiding. The only person I follow on Twitter who’s still tweeting is Guy Kawasaki, but I’m pretty sure he never sleeps. So, I’ve decided that since I can’t sleep, I should at least try to be […]

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The Road, Let’s Travel

March 24, 2009

It’s no secret that I love a good road trip. Or even a bad one, really, since I’m not sure I can remember a road trip that was all bad. And that includes the one where an the kids and I got stuck in an ice storm in Amarillo and came close to spendig the […]

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Awake

March 19, 2009

Mary Chapin Carpenter sings the words, half a beat behind me as I write them. And somehow sings ahead of me, too, which makes no kind of sense, just is. It’s a good song – catchy and soulful at once. I’m pretty sure we have a hit on our hands, not that Mary’s ever needed […]

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The map

March 5, 2009

I sit in my office, at the  east-facing window, tweezers in one hand and a mirror in the other. The perfect light for some overdue eyebrow maintenance. Bright, natural light. Forgiving, it isn’t.  (And talk about hairs apparent.) After a few busy and painful moments, I finish. And then. As I lean back from the […]

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The map

March 5, 2009

I sit in my office, at the  east-facing window, tweezers in one hand and a mirror in the other. The perfect light for some overdue eyebrow maintenance. Bright, natural light. Forgiving, it isn’t.  (And talk about hairs apparent.) After a few busy and painful moments, I finish. And then. As I lean back from the mirror, […]

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