Horace was alone in the city and he realized that being alone in the city was worse than being alone on the ranch. Because when he was alone on the ranch he had the dream of the city, the dream of what he would become in the city. But now he was there and
Tag: personal
On Losing and Missing
Two weeks ago Wonderguy and I took our little kitty to the vet (more precisely, we took her to the emergency service and then to 'our' vet) because we thought she had a really ugly cold. It turned out she did not have a cold but a pulmonary edema, with possibly even more fluid in her
Reading: “The Diary of a Nobody” by George and Weedon Grossmith
What the blurb tells us: Mr. Pooter is a man of modest ambition, content with his clerkly lot. So why is he always in trouble with disagreeable tradesmen, impudent young clerks and wayward friends? And what is he to do about his son Lupin's distinctly unsuitable choice of bride? However hard he tries, life piles
So many ideas, so little focus…
It's a new year and we are encouraged to make a new start. Friends, family, and pretty much the whole internet demonstrates some serious motivation regarding new year's resolutions. That's nice, and inspiring. But I know myself better than that — a lot of us do. I hate Christmas, but I love the new year
Reading & feeling “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer
These heavy boots are not made for walking As mentioned before, Wonderguy gave me Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer as part of my "Goin' to New York" vibe. At first I was skeptical because I'm not particularly interested in child protagonists/narrators. But Oskar is a very special kid and we got
I sense a certain sentiment…getting ready for New York
When I’m in New York, I just want to walk down the street and feel this thing, like I’m in a movie. — Ryan Adams Life has been busy these last few weeks. I booked a flight and my Dad found me a nice hotel conveniently situated between the university and the rest
Reading: “The Book of Other People” edited by Zadie Smith
What the sort-of blurb tells us: "The Book of Other People is just that: a book of other poeple. Open its covers and you'll make a whole host of new acquaintances. Nick Hornby and Posy Simmonds present the constantly diverging writing life of Jamie Johnson; Hari Kunzru twitches open his net curtains to reveal
Once more with…less feeling, please?
Welcome to the shitshow. — me, pretty much every day of my life Déjà vu A few days ago I received an invitation to a conference at Columbia University in December. Even though I obviously sent out an application, I was rather shocked by this reply. Never in a million years had
Reading:”American Gods” by Neil Gaiman
People believe, thought Shadow. It's what people do. They believe, and then they do not take responsibility for their beliefs; they conjure things, and do not trust the conjuration. People populate the darkness; with ghosts, with gods, with electrons, with tales. People imagine, and people believe; and it is that rock solid belief, that
Female & childfree by choice. Dear me!
Listening to the episode "Choosing to live child-free" of the Guardian's What would a feminist do? podcast recently, host Jessica Valenti and her guests, authors Megan Daum and Danielle Henderson talked about a topic that is very dear to me even though I never struggled with it: never wanting kids and therefore, at 30+,