the height of hurricane season

Sunday, 7 September 2008, 23:43 | Category : Uncategorized
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so it seems we got a pass on hurricane ike this weekend. despite my desire to avoid the stress and fear that accompanies hurricane preparation, i think it’s a little inevitable. it is stressful to imagine the scenarios that come with high force winds combined with a 1930s wooden key west cottage a mile off [...]

66/365: the boys outside Toojay’s Deli

Sunday, 7 September 2008, 22:57 | Category : Uncategorized
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a hot summer day, two pre-teen boys, a cup of ice, an audience. i laughed so hard at your antics. hope you made good use of the extra entertainment ‘ammunition’. .:{brokenpurplecrayon}:.

The Dhammapada: Pupphavagga – Flowers

Sunday, 7 September 2008, 22:18 | Category : Uncategorized
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Flowers i wasn’t sure what to expect from this chapter. it seems, in this section, that flowers evoke images of different ideas. most specifically, flowershafts, flowers = sensual passion (i wonder if there wasn’t a double entendre meaning implied here?). the first two lines evoke the idea that a good student, a disciple, is like [...]