Electrolicious

Andreas got calls today from Montana: his step-mother’s battle with cancer has taken a turn for the worse, and doctors are giving her a prognosis of a couple weeks. He flew out to Missoula on a one-way ticket tonight.
In a twist of painful divine poetry, Dre’s sister’s baby is due in a week.

Tantalizing “fake spring” sunny morning. Spontaneous brunch with one girlfriend, then a walk with another. We stop by the tea shop where maybe another friend was going to be, and find her with two other friends, and a third who’s just randomly walked in the door.
The six of us follow the tide of people wandering […]

This weekend I headed three hours south to Portland, which is sort of the cultural hotspot Seattle was 15 years ago. Portland circa now is filled with fabulous arts and music and great urban planning and public transportation and hot bus boys and great tea shops and relatively affordable housing and it’s always a delight […]

January 2, 1998 Wow!
1998 has been an amazing year so far! New Year’s had to be the best new years I’ve ever had! I’m serious! The party was perfect … the decorations were the most beautiful I’ve ever seen … trees and moss and leaves and curtains everywhere … the music was great and eclectic […]

When I’m out dancing, I usually wear a hat and keep the brim low. I avoid eye contact for the most part.
Last night, I made the mistake of looking up.

Dre and I were in Iowa for Thanksgiving visiting his mom this weekend, and at one point hula hooping came up. For the first time ever, I described myself as a “retired hooper.” My hoops have been roped to the top of our car for three months, and I haven’t missed them a bit. Not […]

Of course I can’t help but read through my “past posts on this day” sometimes. As I was skimming November and December of 2000, I caught myself getting sort of gripped by my and Andreas’ story … these two crazy kids in their mid-20s, and WHO KNOWS if they’ll make it?! It never seemed especially […]

Undeniable proof that I am each of the following:
HIPPIE
High school bedroom was school bus
Have vague beliefs about manifestation, energy, and universal systems
Lazy with body hair maintenance
Enjoy free-form dancing like NIA
Intimately acquainted with yurts
Have been to Burning Man multiple times
RAVER
Know how to use glowsticks
Have had “relations” with at least a half-dozen DJs
Edited rave magazine
Have flyer collection
Familiar […]

I am getting better at doing nothing, people. A few months ago I decided I needed to slow down a little. When I slowed down, I got depressed because, well, if you’re not busy then WHO ARE YOU!? But I pushed through and stayed determined to slow down.
At first I had to schedule my […]

Sarah and Sassy
Originally uploaded by terecat2.
While Andreas and I were in Canada, Sassafras stayed with my mom and the rest of the residents over at Sacred Groves. To say Sassafras was in heaven would be an understatement. She spent a week running through the forest from person to person, being […]