Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Jan 31st, 2006 No Comments »
yellowed pages
slipping out
from my favorite book
Posted in For Amusement Purposes Only, Raquel on Jan 30th, 2006 2 Comments »
Today is bubble wrap appreciation day. Please do not let this packing material continue in such dreary and un-appreciated existence. Go appreciate some bubble wrap. Go ahead–you know you want to.
Posted in Gabrielle, Rants & Rambles on Jan 30th, 2006 2 Comments »
I love reading Winnie-the-Pooh. My mom read it to us when I was younger and then I read them to myself. I finally got copies of the two books and read them. They were as good as I remember them to be. I should have remembered I would cry at the end, but I didn’t [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Jan 30th, 2006 2 Comments »
finding love
inside an old wooden chest
because it’s from you
Posted in Friends & Family, Life, Children and Dishes, Raquel on Jan 30th, 2006 3 Comments »
It all started the week before we moved into this house. (I told you it was a long story.) This was, of course, the week that we divided our time between madly scrambling to pack and madly scrambling to get the house ready to move into. I was tired, and probably would have been in [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Gabrielle on Jan 28th, 2006 No Comments »
Today is my father’s birthday. He is 55 today. Now I know I talk a lot about my mother, but my father is equally important and I hope to show him that by talking about him in a public place. Ready, Dad? The thing I miss most about living with my father is dinner time [...]
Posted in Raquel on Jan 27th, 2006 No Comments »
I have attempted to be calm and mature about turning twenty. I started with an emotional roller coaster ride about my upcoming birthday. Yes, I know those are supposed to start around thirty, but I’ve always been advanced for my age. You must understand that previously my birthdays have always celebrated with just me, my [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Jan 27th, 2006 No Comments »
cracks in the sidewalk
outside
a worn-out shop
Posted in Raquel, Real Life Quotes on Jan 26th, 2006 No Comments »
“Oh, we have to go kill someone–the professor called us.”
“Thumbs is fifty-five.”
“No one ever has to go to the bathroom.”
“Please yell nicely, children.”
“I may have told you not to cut your fingers off, but I’ve never told you not to cut off your toes.”
“I [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Jan 26th, 2006 No Comments »
Dying smoke
curls away
from a half-burnt match