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  • on valleys and foothills.

    my ex-boyfriend and i were traveling through tucson many many years ago, where we shacked up with D, an eccentric high school friend of his for a few days. D was the kind of guy who honestly felt the best contribution h…

  • used to it.

    *warning: unchecked metaphor approaching* today i cleaned out the fish tank (oh, the infamous fish tank -- the symbol of all that is stressful in domestic partnerships). the algae eaters (oh, the glorious algae eaters…

  • fine.

    "it should be fine." that has to be one of my LEAST favorite sentences in the world. seems harmless enough at first glance, but when you're living a life with someone who ascribes to the "it should be fine" way of thin…

  • musical chairs as a metaphor

    it seems to me that timing is at least part of what determines who "the one" is. like everyone is just sort of happily dating, circling the chairs... until the music stops and then poof - whoever you're with then ends u…

  • Not equal.

    on my run this morning, i was thinking about how my "retirement" has changed (or will certainly change) the balance of things on the home front. the scales have been tipping for some time, given that i took a prett…

  • effen fish

    shortly after we first moved into this house, about a year and a half ago, i came home from work, boys en tow, to find that charley had bought a fish tank and four fish. "hey boys, come check it out!" he called when we …