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all things grow

tonight we're the sea and the salty breeze

About Me

on the move.

My Interests

aquired tastes. scientific names. library card catalogs. independently-owned stores. lived-in houses. warm climates. the human body. overgrown gardens. brick and ivy. taiwanese oolong. walking. being alone. my kitten seymour. open twenty-four hours. your half-closed eyes. changing leaves. art nights. cooking on summer afternoons while drinking red wine. the quality of light. homemade. goldfish. camelia sinensis. places that aren't here. teahouses. music that makes you feel. breakfast in the garden. windmill cookies. touching fingertips. being afraid of sharks. queen anne nights. tattoos. kombucha. 1950's McCalls ads. book-talk. polaroid photographs. horses. puerh. poetry read out loud. hot baths. National Geographic. bread.

I'd like to meet:

the equator

Music:

niko case, jenny lewis, the black heart procession, joanna newsom, murder by death, sufjan stevens, tom waits, chavela vargas, seu jorge, mirah, rilo kiley, sigur ros, tegan and sarah, neurosis, iron and wine, bob dylan, mittens for kristel, slint, band of horses, the album leaf, deathcab for cutie, bright eyes, songs:ohia, simon and garfunkel, godspeed you! black emperor, stars, cat stevens, red sparrowes, the postal service, isis, pelican, mogwai, camera obscura, old man gloom, neil young,

Movies:

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, lost in translation, breakfast at tiffany's, amelie, me without you, the life aquatic, two for the road, snatch, elizabethtown, little miss sunshine, tombstone, garden state, thelma and louise, a love song for bobby long, cool hand luke,

Television:

firefly, lost

Books:


Franny and Zooey The Dharma Bums
Dandylion Wine Chocolate Days, Popsicle Weeks The Little Prince Cannery Row Sweet Thursday Bird by Bird Letters to a Young Poet Travels with Charlie Nine Stories

My Blog

the bun in my oven

so:it is summer in portland, i am moving to a house,there is someone growing in my belly--with a heartbeat and everything.
Posted by all things grow on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:17:00 PST

April.

Spring in Portland is sometimes like summer nights, drinking on the steps with the neighbors and watching the people walk by. It is like long bike rides, tiring and satisfying and zipping down hills ...
Posted by all things grow on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:19:00 PST

You sat down next to me like poetry to wine.

I put on Rachael Yamagata after reading Sabrina Ward Harrison, because it seemed like the right thing to hear. I made dinner and had a photoshoot with Walt Whitman and a mirror, got a little bit mad ...
Posted by all things grow on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:56:00 PST

the junebug

it's a fucked up world, guys. i can't get enough of band of horses.  is that cliche by now? days are hard, and moments are so good, so full. friendships also, are hard and good. it's not easy to...
Posted by all things grow on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:48:00 PST

can you say TWIN PEAKS?

because let me tell you, i'm hooked.i am reading poetry in spanish, and understanding so much more than i thought i would.  why is it that words sound so much more beautiful in other languages? i...
Posted by all things grow on Mon, 22 May 2006 10:13:00 PST

daddy long legs was right.

this summer is going to be better than good, i can already tell. the city takes well to the sunlight, all those crossed wires and golden buildings.  i take well to sunshine, too. jacob and i em...
Posted by all things grow on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:40:00 PST