October 30, 2011
Happy Halloween
From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!Traditional Scottish Prayer
October 27, 2011
October 22, 2011
Old Eyes
When I was born, my mom says I looked around the whole hospital room with a stare that said, "This? I've done this before." She says I have old eyes. And yet, for someone who's apparently done this already, I still haven't figured anything out yet. My knees still buckle every time I get on a stage. My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth. So no matter that I have inhibitions to fill all my pockets, I keep trying, hoping that one day I'll do something I can be proud of, as the only proof I existed...
I don't know what to do with impossible, but I see the impossible every day. Impossible is trying to connect in this world, trying to hold onto others while things are blowing up around you, knowing that while you're speaking, they aren't just waiting for their turn to talk -- they hear you. They feel exactly what you feel at the same time that you feel it. It's what I strive for every time I open my mouth -- that impossible connection.
When I meet you, in that moment, I'm no longer a part of your future. I start quickly becoming part of your past. But in that instant, I get to share your present. And you, you get to share mine. And that is the greatest present of all.
This isn't my first time here. This isn't my last time here. These aren't the last words I'll share.
Sarah Kay
I don't know what to do with impossible, but I see the impossible every day. Impossible is trying to connect in this world, trying to hold onto others while things are blowing up around you, knowing that while you're speaking, they aren't just waiting for their turn to talk -- they hear you. They feel exactly what you feel at the same time that you feel it. It's what I strive for every time I open my mouth -- that impossible connection.
When I meet you, in that moment, I'm no longer a part of your future. I start quickly becoming part of your past. But in that instant, I get to share your present. And you, you get to share mine. And that is the greatest present of all.
This isn't my first time here. This isn't my last time here. These aren't the last words I'll share.
Sarah Kay
October 21, 2011
October 20, 2011
Seagull
Fly free and happy,... across forever, and we'll meet now and then when we wish, and in the midst of the one celebration that never can end.
October 12, 2011
Everything's here...
“I've been sitting on the edge of the bed for an hour in a complete daze. I told him if I die toight I'll die happy, it's all here, everything's here.”
― Helene Hanff, The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
October 11, 2011
October 10, 2011
Walking in her footsteps
“I tell you, life is extraordinary. A few years ago I couldn’t write anything or sell anything, I’d passed the age where you know all the returns are in, I’d had my chance and done my best and failed. And how was I to know the miracle waiting to happen round the corner...? It restored a self-confidence and self-esteem I’d lost somewhere along the way, God knows how many years ago. It brought me to England. It changed my life.”
― Helene Hanff, The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
― Helene Hanff, The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
October 8, 2011
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