Last night over seared tuna steaks, asparagus, and fresh, sweet corn, we (and by we I mean me, Krista, Patrick the chef, and Sam) watched the democratic national convention. Our plates loaded, we chewed with gusto as Al Gore told us about a man named Abraham Lincoln who became president though he had little political [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 28, 2008
Peregrination, comity, and other news from Cape Cod
There once was a man from Cape Cod, who enjoyed a tan, healthy bod. But he read only mysteries and would never talk histories, so the other men thought he was odd.
Peregrination means a traveling from place to place, a wandering. Example: When I awoke this morning I was glad of my peregrination into the [...]
August 26, 2008
Jaded Over Easy
Tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn, Sam and I head off to our home away from home…LAX, Los Angeles’ International Airport. From there we will catch a plane to Boston,
Where we will rent a car to drive to Cape Cod,
Where we will eventually hop on a ferry that takes us to Block Island.
Where we [...]
August 25, 2008
2good 2B 4gotN
I went to a dinner party on Saturday and by dinner party I mean a feast worthy of the gods – my Italian girlfriend cooks like a 5star chef. At the dinner party, Hunter S. Thompson came up as a topic of conversation. Now coincidentally, Sam and I had just been speaking of the legendary writer that [...]
August 22, 2008
A Season of Change
It’s been a week for me of this inexplicable insomnia and without a doubt, I’m a woman on the edge. Just now I started crying – big, huge, gulps of tears streaming down my face for no other reason than it was another day. The craziest thing is that I look fabulous. No one would [...]
August 20, 2008
Insomnia (and the benefits of)
For the past few nights I’ve been wide awake way past by bedtime. I’ve read four 600 page books. I’ve drunk gallons of water. I’ve walked Kiki and I’ve paced around my new house. I’ve unpacked boxes, folded laundry, and wiped down ever flat surface in the kitchen. I’m getting a lot done really.
And then [...]
August 19, 2008
Ramblings of a Tired Writer
Although I love my new home and I love unpacking boxes and finding new places for all of my accumulated belongings to collect dust, I am absolutely pooped. First and foremost, I apologize for not writing for the past several days. I’ve received hundreds of emails asking me what the hey, and the answer is [...]
August 13, 2008
It’s Moving Day!
Like a beat from an old Guns and Roses song I am awake and ready…welcome to the jungle, baby.
I have on a great outfit that seems appropriate for moving (colorful Mexican trapeze dress with contrasting Lanvin flats) and Sam has on his (Patagonia shorts, t-shirt, sneakers.) We make an unusual team. Sam says one of [...]
August 12, 2008
Gold Medal Brings Marriage
Searching the news (that’s what we intrepid writers do), I saw that India won its first Olympic gold medal since 1980. When the press interviewed the family of the young man who won the gold for air rifle shooting, they were thrilled – not only because of the honor and pride they feel in their [...]
August 11, 2008
Moo (to the) ving.
I woke up in the middle of the night covered in a cold sweat. Bubble Wrap had been chasing me down a dark alley. He and his evil companion, Packing Tape had been trying to corner me inside a refrigerator-sized box full of kitchen utensils. “No, No, No!” I screamed – and gasping I sat [...]
