Love Letter
I decided to write you a love letter. So here it is, my love letter to the partner who hasn’t come yet. I was listening to In a Big Country today, which always reminds me of two things-how the heart can soar, and my friend Tara, because she soars as well. I love that when I’m baking or sorting pennies, you know to ask what’s wrong.... [Read more...]
A New Voice
Greetings. I am not Promise. I don’t mean this in some vague, existential way. I am a completely different person. My name is Costello. Promise is stepping away from MLP for a little while, and in the interim she has allowed me to put a few drops in The Pail. I am half of the Information Booth, with Promise. Also, a friend of ours decided... [Read more...]
Inexpression
It’s easy to talk of the gifts of being a writer. Words, sentiment, and description come easily. Subjects to talk about flow like wine in summer. But one of the burdens of being a writer comes from growing accustomed to expressing yourself. When the day comes, and they DO come, sometimes infrequently, and sometimes more often, when you find an... [Read more...]
About a fire-three letters
From Burning Man-Letter #1 I got my Who/What/When guide and on Page 3, the most gorgeous Asian woman is photo’ed against the desert sky. She struck me, and I looked closely at this photo several times. Being a detail oriented person, you could say I memorized her face. Fast forward- The week at Burning Man was ground tilting, amazing; a breathless... [Read more...]
Pumpkin Pie History & Recipe
Ah, yes. It’s time to talk about…..dum, dum, dummmmmm!! PIE! Since I hadn’t been blogging here a year ago, you didn’t know about a Thing that I do. I do this Thing, you see. Everyone is good in certain ways, and bad in other ways. Or, to put it less judgementally, they soar in some ways, and drift gently down in other ways. I... [Read more...]
