December 2010
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Essential
I think I might be scared to see what the future holds for things that bring me so much joy.
I walked into Barnes & Noble today for the first time in about six months; and while the overall essence of scents of coffee and presence of literature and story-book endings had remained how I had remembered them, a few things had changed that put a small anchor on the joy inside me. First of all,...
Chocolate Candies
My mom makes chocolate candies almost every year around Christmas time. They’re nothing too extravagant—mostly, they’re just sweet coconut filling surrounded by chocolate. I guess a lot of people wouldn’t really think too much of these candies because they’re so simple. They don’t have any fancy ingredients or tricky touches added to them. But I guess...
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Written 15 December 2010
I want to tell you about a moment I just had.
I was sitting alone near the window of a three-seat-long bench inside of the airplane headed from Reno to Las Vegas. We hadn’t taken off yet, and I was awaiting the shake and push of the movement of the airplane on the ground. I looked out of the window to steady the vertigo that was beginning to arise, and I focused on the...
Mirror
It mirrors. The water rushes by as everything rushes out of you and around you and through you and the river hits the dirt and the rocks as the tears hit your dampened eyes and fall against your soaked cheeks and you shake as the earth shakes against the rushing water. The water runs down your face and down the stream and it’s so quick. The water is so quick and so fleeting and it’s...