September 2010
"I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love."
I get meloncholy & introverted some days. Wonder how people see me from the outside. Ponder how people will think of me when I am gone. I hope the memory of my love for them will nestle into that empty space and make them feel safe again.
04 August 2011
Otis & Borders
July 26, 2011
To quote Otis, "I can't quit you baby".
I'm heading off to my old haunt, Borders, to help out as they are closing their magnificent doors soon. I think Adam thinks I'm nuts. I stopped in yesterday and wanted to gather all my old coworkers into my arms and submit to my Mother instinct to protect them all from the vultures. I paused to flip through a mass market in mystery and breathed in the intoxicating scent of its pages while assisting a faithful customer (i.e. non-vulture). She smiled at me, looked frantic and teared up. She understood the nostalgic ambrosia I was enjoying amid chaos.
She got it.
And so today I hope to buffer my dear friends from 2 or 3 insensitive, inhumane bargain hunters. I humbley (sp?) offer my assistance to those beautiful souls struggling to get through this process of "walking the plank".
To quote Otis, "I can't quit you baby".
I'm heading off to my old haunt, Borders, to help out as they are closing their magnificent doors soon. I think Adam thinks I'm nuts. I stopped in yesterday and wanted to gather all my old coworkers into my arms and submit to my Mother instinct to protect them all from the vultures. I paused to flip through a mass market in mystery and breathed in the intoxicating scent of its pages while assisting a faithful customer (i.e. non-vulture). She smiled at me, looked frantic and teared up. She understood the nostalgic ambrosia I was enjoying amid chaos.
She got it.
And so today I hope to buffer my dear friends from 2 or 3 insensitive, inhumane bargain hunters. I humbley (sp?) offer my assistance to those beautiful souls struggling to get through this process of "walking the plank".
Self Righteous Warriors
August 4, 2011
Logan & I had an interesting conversation coming home a few days ago. We discussed the proposed cuts to various social programs etc. (mind you he may be 15, but he's an old man at heart)
So, I posed this question to him. Why is it that if our neighbor next door is struggling...we take over lasagna or vegetables from our garden but we are OK with cutting welfare benefits because "those people just work the system anyway".
We are very ego-centric creatures. If it immediately affects us...if we can reach out and "touch it"...see the need in our family, church, friends, and children we become a veritable "force to be reckoned with", defensive, frothy-mouthed self righteous warrior.
Just a thought.
P.S.
Yay! for birth control coverage:)
Logan & I had an interesting conversation coming home a few days ago. We discussed the proposed cuts to various social programs etc. (mind you he may be 15, but he's an old man at heart)
So, I posed this question to him. Why is it that if our neighbor next door is struggling...we take over lasagna or vegetables from our garden but we are OK with cutting welfare benefits because "those people just work the system anyway".
We are very ego-centric creatures. If it immediately affects us...if we can reach out and "touch it"...see the need in our family, church, friends, and children we become a veritable "force to be reckoned with", defensive, frothy-mouthed self righteous warrior.
Just a thought.
P.S.
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