Category Archives: Allusion to Past Entries

138 – I have done the following with spinach and mushrooms (You are what you…etc.)

Grocery shopping takes practice. I enjoyed cooking and baking last year, but I never had to do it. So I’m still getting used to figuring out what’s good to have on hand, what ingredients I can turn into a lot … Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under Allusion to Past Entries, Cooking

124 – i keep some good secrets

In middle school I’d wait by the big tree in front of the mobiles at the end of the day, sitting on the electrical box (which we were not supposed to do) and waiting for my ride home. Once I … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Allusion to Past Entries, Beautiful Things, Justice, Oranges, Stream of Consciousness

114 – If it’s a good thing, then do it.

I cringe at the idea of making New Year’s resolutions because it seems cliché and I should be resolving to do good things all year and maybe subconsciously because they leave a lot of room for disappointment. But in some … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Allusion to Past Entries, Goals (or, Rules for Myself), Lists

101 – 101 is about continuing to greater numbers

Today I picked red, ripe cherry tomatoes from my father’s backyard garden. I don’t even like tomatoes, generally, but there’s a lot of freedom and charm in squinting my eyes to find the reddest and ripest of these supple little … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Allusion to Past Entries, College - when it was still a novelty, Hopes and Dreams, Mexico 2008 (Chemax, Mexico City, Cancún), Quotes, Reasons/Ways I Believe in God, Risks, Stream of Consciousness, Swinomish Reservation, The Fam!, Transience/Nomadism

074 – Whatever I am

i’m just spouting. don’t take this creative. don’t take me seriously, generally speaking Whatever I am, has it been the same as it always has? I don’t know if I’m writing this because it’s almost midnight and I hadn’t really … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Allusion to Past Entries, Cryptic, Fear, Messy, Stream of Consciousness

066 – “Welcome to the Family”

Somebody said that at the first OA gathering on Sunday. I don’t remember who it was. I don’t remember if it was somebody I’d known beforehand or not. In “Diamonds” I’d called some of my friends “[i]n that moment … … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Allusion to Past Entries, College - when it was still a novelty, Homeness, Relationships

061 – small and quiet words, looming sounds

I can tell I am taking things for granted, more and more every day. maybeiamlivingincancunagain…

Leave a Comment

Filed under Allusion to Past Entries, College - when it was still a novelty, Fear, Mexico 2008 (Chemax, Mexico City, Cancún), Short

048 – Colorado Moment

We actually had clear and sunny skies on Sunday. We rode down a hill on the bus from Fremont to Capitol Hill, and off in the distance you could see the sun setting in powdery lavenders behind the Cascade Mountains. … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Allusion to Past Entries, College - when it was still a novelty, Short, The Colorado-Washington Bridge