All posts for the month June, 2010

Entering the Unknown

I’ve been very silent for the past week or so, both online and off. I don’t know what it’s about, really. I simply get hit by a wave of exhaustion when I think about… thinking, much less talking or writing. I’d love to blame it on the June Gloom that descends upon Los Angeles at [...]

Blooming Mondays: June 28, 2010

I have decided that the peony is my new favorite flower. It arrives in such glory and then is gone again so quickly, a reminder of the fleeting nature of life.

The Bench

Is this the bench onto which an old couple crumbles, To rest their battered soles? Does a disgruntled girl stub out her red-rimmed filters On its fine ironwork, Her cloak of hostility An affront to its delicacy? How many passers-by shrug away to avoid stains of rust, Oblivious as their dogs Relieve themselves At its [...]

The Beauty of Cows

As I was writing yesterday’s rant, I started hunting through that delightfully fertile creative ground commonly known as Flickr for a suitable image of a cow. I discovered that many, MANY people like taking pictures of cows. I also discovered the artistry of a Serb living in France who has chosen the ridiculously long “Voyageur [...]

Jumbled Thoughts

I’ve been acutely aware each day, for the past few, that I haven’t written anything in this space. Since the inception of Pleasure Notes, I’ve only succeeded in creating daily ramblings during one month, despite my continued desire to write every day. I don’t beat myself up over the gap between desire and reality in [...]

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