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The Living Journal Archive
Where All Journal Entries Live Together


When the Zipper Doesn’t Open
I remember carrying that backpack in case I was stranded
and now I carry it so he won’t be.
4 days ago


When Love Becomes Anger
I don't know how to love without disappearing,
but i'm starting to wonder if the anger is the part of me that still remembers how to play.
6 days ago


When Love starts to Eclipse me.
The never- ending slice of pizza
nod my head and stay
7 days ago


When Grief Enters the Studio
It was in my coffee
so I drank it -and the pen started avoiding it.
so I let it.
Jan 6


When Thinking Feels Safer Than Feeling
I pause the story and nothing tells me who I am.
Jan 4


When I am Afraid of Relief
there is a lump in my throat, my heart and a weight that flattens my spirit.
On the hippity hop- waiting until dark.
pillows to the window like stones in a river- dont make the floor board creek-but get to the window so you can watch for him.
Jan 3


When Wanting to be Seen Feels Like a Risk
Describing the underpainting of my latest piece.
Jan 2


I Don't Want to Disappear Anymore
I don't want to disapear anymore On a couch in the thunderstorm alone, bewildered, confused the deer frozen dust in the tail lights. Helpless. Be. Good. so they don't leave. Don't speak. so they stay kind. In the back studio. when the dragon broke through the veneer and rage wanted me like a dog devouring his toy. Freedom slipped into the night like a ghost without a candle. me-there- holding the echoes of who I once was. I hide in the underbrush of logic and reason. Its a ho
Jan 1
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