Waiting
I am waiting. Waiting to find out which way the tide will turn my little boat. Yes, I know, you think I meant which way the wind will tip my little PAIL, but my life is bigger than a pail. I think of it as a little boat, cast about on the waves. Sure,you can point TOWARDS west, and hope for the best, but the exact longitude and latitude is pretty hard... [Read more...]
Goodnight Sweetheart
Do you remember this post, fellow Pailer’s? http://mylittlepail.com/you-make-me-feel-like-dancing/ It talks about the strange flow of creative energy that writing requires in my life, and how it is intrinsically linked to the energy flow needed for dance. I’ve been dragging my heels about writing here, as the sense of connection, and satisfaction... [Read more...]
Babymania
So. I’m in love with a girl. She’s about 4 weeks old now, and I can’t stop staring and singing to her. Has this happened to you? I went up to visit Best Friend and new baby, and it was a TOTAL. personal. revelation. I should stop and mention here that I’ve never been much of a baby person. Pregnancy is hard for me to get into,... [Read more...]
Tom Robbins-how he warms my cockles so
Tom Robbins has been the guiding force of my literary imagination for as long as back as I can reme…..well, to be specific I was 19. I can’t recall how I came by a copy of Another Roadside Attraction, but I did, and it blew my tiny mind, to put it mildly. It was then, and remains now, the oldest, most worn out, rattiest, cover duct-taped,... [Read more...]
Know thyself
knowing your own heart.It can be the roughest, strangest, most foreign terrain on Earth.And in Heaven. I am having the roughest time lately with UNDERSTANDING my own heart. What she wants. Where she goes. I feel a general fog around my path, that obscures even the simplest decisions. I used to SEE with a blaze of fire and insight. I could dance circles... [Read more...]
