recovery and growth, things that interest me, occasional deep-thoughts, and semi-regular poetry
"we had a power outage a few weeks ago that lasted for eight hours. fortunately, the weather was fine – if you must have a protracted loss of power, i recommend early october...i remember thinking how quiet it was and how peaceful. the lack of sound was pure bliss. i didn’t even know it was something i needed until i came across it."
"...part of me is afraid to let go of external judgments. if i don’t have them, how can i be sure that i’m okay?..."
"the neighbourhood girls who live across the street, under five, both of them, tromp through the early morning rain with enthusiasm..."
"you can’t know what you don’t know. i heard this phrase the other day, or read it somewhere, and it has become stuck in my brain. it’s important, i think, and yet i’m having difficulty wrapping my head around it."
"because i am a girl the simple becomes complex and fraught. not the science though many would suggest it is beyond my grasp; not the philosophy which is embedded in the female mind through chick lit and magazines early on..."
