Category Archives: I am a sap

Last week was pretty epic: the miserable heat (c’mon, 103 in Seattle?!), the tortuous work week, and the normally perfect sleep schedule interrupted by frozen washcloth rotations and sweat-sticky sheets. In short, it sucked. That is, with the exception of one thing. I lumbered home, brow-beaten by an epic work day, to be greeted with [...]

Change is in the air. I’ve been riding this wave of tumult since leaving for Denmark in August, and the motion hasn’t stopped yet. I’ve found myself holding my breath, just waiting for a lull to find the space to relax and find my center. It won’t happen any time soon. Don’t get me wrong: [...]

The year I left was 1993. It was a tough year – let’s face it, everyone has a rough life at 12 – but mine was really bad. I was passed first from my Grandma’s house to my Aunt’s house. When that didn’t work out, I was sent to the dry, desolate New Mexico wasteland [...]

Since I’ll be in the airport tomorrow and unable to write up a poignant farewell to 2008, I figured I’d do a quick little something a day early. There were so many things to be grateful for this year. As always, my friends scattered all over the country were the highlights – from being asked [...]