If you ask me why I am drawn to cemeteries, I will muse that maybe it’s the quiet, the peacefulness. I will tell you how stepping into cemeteries in my adolescence always brought me peace. I liked walking through the old cemetery downtown in my hometown of Hampstead. Even though…
I Love You, Always Will ‘I love you,’ I told Julian as he scooped up his bag and swung it over his shoulder, heading out the door. ‘I love you,’ he said, matter-of-factly, ‘Always will.’ I walked him to the door, kissed him goodbye, and bade him safe travels on…
This past Wednesday, I left the house just after 7AM in order to be able to report for jury duty promptly at 8:30AM at Quincy District Courthouse. I left the courthouse that day around 4:30PM, sharing handshakes, well wishes, and gratitude with the other six members of the jury of which…
Why don’t you bring more American woman here?
–I can’t promise that they’d want to come.
Tell them how many goats we have. There are so many goats.
–Ronan, a Tanzanian at breakfast (who is right about the goats…ladies…)
Oh, Dag
you remembered
–I got you something
you did?
that’s so sweet
–I got you the greatest gift one human being can offer another person
you didn’t have to do that
what is it?
–I have achieved something
Oh, gosh
well
–I made an achievement all by myself and no one can touch it or sully it with their dirty jealous fingers and no one can take it away from me, never never never
–so
–happy birthday
thank you, Dagny
–Yes.
–You’re welcome.
Just a little sumpin’ sumpin’ from The Toast for your birthday. You’re welcome!
Wishing I could offer you an actual toast with something like Lagunitas’s Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’. Happy birthday, Ryan!
We do not know why it is raining like this. All that we know is that when it rains for two days in a row, it will be time to plant the seeds.
–Mama Shido (more stories of her to follow)
There are two rainy seasons here, one from March-May (short rains: rains daily for only half an hour to two hours, but a deluge) and the other around November (long rains: a few hours a day, but very light).
A couple weeks ago, it was raining. Early. Turns out there was a storm south of here, over Madagascar, but it was a storm so big that its spindly arms sprinkled us, too.
It’s now March. It rained yesterday. It just started raining again today. Tomorrow it will be time to plant the seeds.
She could not function to the rule of: Pipe down—keep down—slow down—don’t do your best, it is not wanted!
–Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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