11.25.12

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six things

1. Grilled Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches. 
2. I turned on my car this morning to discover that one of my radio presets is playing Christmas music already. [No! Too soon!]
3. Cheap tea, copiously.
4. Unintentional honesty. Everything I write is too personal for comfort.
5. Good people saying kind things.
6. Sunday Afternoons.

There's a lot I want to say. It's just taking a while to puzzle out the right words.  

It's almost Thanksgiving. I'm glad.

poem for one of those thursdays

If ignorance is bliss, Father said,
shouldn't you be looking blissful?
You should check to see if you have
the right kind of ignorance. If you're
not getting the benefits that most people
get from acting stupid, then you should
go back to what you always were ––
being too smart for your own good.

~ The Benefits of Ignorance by Hal Sirowitz

indecorum

Tonight, in the store that smelled of citrus, I lightly touched the $10 teacups, and ruffled the $200 dresses, and then caught sight of my chipped nail polish. I paused, and curled my fingers into light fists. I was suddenly aware of my old flannel  and my scuffed converse. In that airy place of light and sparkle, I felt distinctly out of place and inelegant. I felt like something decidedly less than lovely.

{photo from Anthropologie}