by Elizabeth | Feb 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
I have the privilege of being in the company of my own earthly damon for the entrance into the ninth year of my sobriety — her twenty-ninth year. Iudita. A lean name, tripping the mouths that speak it without already knowing it. Mouths that prefer monosyllabic...
by Elizabeth | Nov 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
Trust:Â Assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something. I sat beside a woman in a meeting last week who I’ve seen before many times. She is usually in her clothes from work, having come straight from there, although...
by Elizabeth | Sep 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
Originating from and returning to Arizona. One dog’s story. I am reading a novel at the moment that touched on a very potent point that both myself and my dog of 12 years can relate to: The idea that we don’t come from places, but rather from events, from...
by Elizabeth | Aug 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Now there’s a genuine tongue twister. We were wandering the cobble stone streets of Tapoztlan, Mexico, R and me, with the green mountains looming near, me checking out the store fronts and signs, absorbing the foreign words, fascinated with words as I am, when...
by Elizabeth | Jul 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’ve traded in running for swimming at the gym lately. I find it’s the cooler alternative with less post-workout sweat issues while riding back to work in the 110 degree desert sun. Too, it soothes me. Maybe it’s the merciful near-weightlessness the...
by Elizabeth | Jun 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
A game I enjoy playing with R is “would you still love me if…†It can be anything: I looked like this (here I make an absurd face involving crossed eyes); I talked like this (some terrible twang, accent, or tone of voice); I had a mullet; my hair was long and...
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