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molly

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About Me

don't even try to understand.if i start to explain you will scratch your head and wonder. then i willl have to start over, from the very beginning, and that would take a lifetime, and i don't know if you are willing to give me that much time. are you?***********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*************

My Interests

running, eating, reading, thinking up fun stuff for my students to do, looking for things i've lost; balancing on one foot;

I'd like to meet:

people who have a different perspective on the world than I do

Music:

yes...very much...i love that it is universal and timeless...THAT is reality

Movies:

crash, the court jester, old school,il postino, finding nemo; school of rock; red; run lola run; willy wonka; the henry movies (just ask)

Television:

re-runs; daily show; what not to wear; baseball; its always sunny...; baseball; malcolm in the middle, and, for a really good laugh, presidential press conferences

Books:

the history of the seige of lisbon; like water for chocolate; the giver; put me in the zoo; clever stuff, funny stuff, soul-wrenching stuff

Heroes:

my kids; my parents; my sister; my students

My Blog

Affinity

I feel an affinity for youfor what i've seen you dothe nature of your stancethe smile within your glanceyour breath in time with minefallen wishesbashful sighsand a life wrapped up in liesi see the me...
Posted by molly on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:19:00 PST

Another Year's Resolution

My finances are a shamblesI have ten pounds to loseThe paint is peeling, the roof is leakingMy mom and I still haven't called a truceI ignore my friendsNeed to manicure my nailsI throw away important ...
Posted by molly on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:05:00 PST

whose fear is it

i tried to make you laughwhen you worried or criedor felt insecure.i tried to pretend that i was enough for you.but grey thunder loomedbehind your eyes.it struck from far away.i could not have known h...
Posted by molly on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:09:00 PST

just in case

if the wind is swirling through the leaves in your back yardand the moon hovers languidly above your headand the misty dust of autumnhas you looking out the window-the back door window-wondering where...
Posted by molly on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 05:03:00 PST

Tempts you/us

Tempts you/usThe crashing blue of your eyespummels me and I capsizeyou tear me from this sheltered landmy fingers sink through melting sandbefore I can inflate this raftyour sunlit smile begins to cra...
Posted by molly on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:16:00 PST

I'll hang it up

If I need to teach handwriting I will quit the teaching profession.If I need to teach kids how to sit silently in a chair and listen to someone drone on, nodding complacently, I will quit.If I need to...
Posted by molly on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:03:00 PST