• Little Frankie (aged 32 years and one day) crawls from his hole and searches the horizon for a sign: he sees only clear skies and a bright, shining sun. Happy Ground Hog’s Day. more ›

  • Due to bronchitis and general ennui, the new year has been cancelled. Please stay tuned for further developments. (If only it were that easy….) more ›

  • Thanksgiving was this past Thursday, but because I was so busy with my totally fabulous life, I didn’t have time to count the things I’m most thankful for. So here’s a short list: I am thankful… …that I don’t live… more ›

  • Just a quick note to say that I’m doing well. I’ve been working with several nonprofit organizations, helping with training representatives to build web sites and organizing this beast of a project. I went to the Georgia O’Keefe exhibit yesterday… more ›

  • I read a really interesting and meaningful book recently: Mark Fritz’s Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World. Even though the majority of the people in the text were escaping genocide or starvation, I felt somehow *linked to their… more ›

  • Things are beginning to adjust to the spaces around me. Or rather, I am beginning to adjust to the space between things. I do feel more *at home these days, while still longing to be somewhere else. The time I’ve… more ›

  • Howdy from Dallas. I’ve been back in Texas for almost two weeks now. Life is crap … or at least it’s easy for me to believe such a thing: I’m unemployed and horribly busy updating my resume and letters; I… more ›

  • This entry is most likely my last from Europe. The past few days have been really great. School ended. I had a good enough view of the solar eclipse. I went to a really great techno party with my Ukrainian… more ›

  • My last week in Lublin begins. Today I’ve been doing touristy things such as taking lots of photos and exploring dark passageways in walls of the Old Town and walking through the most incredible Byzantine chapel at the castle. I… more ›

  • I’ve finally made the decision to return to Texas within the next two weeks. I am looking forward to being *home with the kids for a while, listening to my fabulous music collection, playing the piano for hours a day,… more ›