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carolynchaos

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About Me

"we live only for the moment, turning our thoughts to the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms, and the maple leaves; singing, drinking, and diverting ourselves just in floating, floating, unmoved by the prospect of imminent poverty, resisting sinking spirits, we are buoyant, like a gourd floating along with the river: this is the floating world..." Asai Ryoi

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Lovely ladies who like to live it up.

My Blog

Finding Freedom

Finding Freedom: The Revolutionary Act of Growing Up Turning thirty was always something that seemed to loom in the far and somewhat unthinkable future, a perpetual someday. Even as my twenty-ninth b...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:57:00 GMT

new house! green building! can’t wait!

http://greenbungalow.shutterfly.com For anyone that is interested, I started a picture site to show the progress of our house remodel. We are in a green building program, where you get points for cert...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:08:00 GMT

Patterns

Hey- I wrote this for the Fall 2004 Slug and Lettuce, but looked for it yesterday when I was thinking about this kind of stuff again. Living the words ain't always easy.I am in love with leaves and th...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:55:00 GMT

Been a while & kitchens

Just one of those Sundays where I'm tired and trying not to think about waking up early for work tomorrow. So much to do. We tried to buy a house last weekend. Offered list price, but someone else wan...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:01:00 GMT

Shedding ink, shedding self: Reflections on removing a tattoo

As I sat in the waiting room at the doctor's office, I realized that I hadn't really thought about what I was about to do. The choice to remove the tattoo on my wrist was a relatively casual decision,...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:01:00 GMT

courage

Normally I have a relatively clear idea of what I want to write my column about before I sit down to write. This time I don't. It's probably a symptom of my life still being in a greater state of flux...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:49:00 GMT

just happiness

I opened my notebook to a blank sheet and wrote "Things I want in life" on top.  I allowed myself to begin with material things to get me started, but material things immediately disappeared off ...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:45:00 GMT