Somniphobia |
I am afraid to sleep. I spend my nights staring at the walls, flipping endlessly through infomercials, reading books and magazines and catalogs and junk mail. I walk up and down the street, I count th...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:31:00 GMT |
10,000 steps |
i bought a new cellphone last week, and with it comes a handy little pedometer built in. the proverbial "they" who like to tell people what they should or shouldn't do in order to be healthy, say you ...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:17:00 GMT |
People are crazy and times are strange |
Last night, I was sitting on the curb at Skidmore Fountain after a night of easy conversation and too much Jack. I watched the crowds of people clamoring to get on the Max, patiently waiting my t...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:15:00 GMT |
Each day in America... |
...88 people take their own lives. If you've ever lost someone this way, you know how painful, perplexing, and unsettling suicide is.
As the one-year mark of Rewi's death approaches, I'm finding it in...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 19:42:00 GMT |
The Giving Tree |
i am the tree. you are the boy. read it again.
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 00:11:00 GMT |
Mothers, friends, fools |
The road to hell is paved with good intentions - isn't that what they say? Well, I'm feeling a bit the fool today. Gestures misunderstood, generosity interpreteted as sanctimonious, even ign...
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 13:44:00 GMT |
Homeless in Portland |
Last night, after a few drinks with friends, one of whom is at present time "residentially challenged" as he puts it, I was staggering to the bus to go home. I passed by City Hall where there were abo...
Posted by on Sat, 10 May 2008 10:56:00 GMT |
The Universe |
Friday was Rewi's birthday, and his sister sent out this excerpt from his journal that he kept while traveling around New Zealand.
"I see The Universe around me, and I see beauty in it, and I feel th...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:03:00 GMT |
Jersey Girl |
A girl from New Jersey and a girl from the west coast were seated side by side on an airplane.The girl from New Jersey, being friendly and all said, "So, where ya from?"The west coast girl said, "From...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:35:00 GMT |
Sometimes |
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Rewi Ward
WARD, Rewi 1970-2007
Often a life falls out of this world, sometimes tragically too soon. Rewi Ward passed away at the age of 36 on May 24, 2007, leaving a dark cloud over a...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:16:00 GMT |
