shine

Growing up, there were certain movies that I
absolutely loved. I watch them now and wonder why.

zaabalawi

Zaabalawi
-Naguib Mahfoz

composition with brushes, palette, and scissors

I don't usually like painting realistic scenes;
this is about as close as I get to life-like.

cocoon

"The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon
of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere."
-James Russell Lowell

peanut butter

Today we went up the canyon for fall colors,
reading, and apples with peanut butter.

uncivilized

"The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away."
-William Golding, Lord of the Flies

bells II

What a gush of euphony voluminously wells!
How it swells!
How it dwells
On the Future! -how it tells
Of the rapture that impels
To the swinging and the ringing
Of the bells, bells, bells,
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells -
To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!
-Edgar Allan Poe

somersault

I had an ultrasound today. It was probably the coolest thing
I've ever seen. I could see this little creature, moving its
little arms and legs all over the place...inside of me. It still
doesn't seem real.