like all little girls, my childhood dreams were filled with fairy tales. cinderella, sleeping beauty, snow white, rapunzel … beautiful princesses with dreams and hopes abundant. each story was shadowed by evil. stepmothers or jealous witches. beasts or malevolent suitors. yet somehow each ended with the same conclusion of happily ever after. i wanted to be them. i knew [...]
Archive for November, 2007
once upon a time
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
unspoken
Posted in fear, relationships on November 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
statistically i know i’ve little to fear. every morning as i jump into my car, slightly rushed with coffee in hand i face more consequence. a simple sunday jog to the park yields more danger. an average day is perilous in ways i never truly see or feel. yet somehow in the last six or seven years [...]
spiders web
Posted in Uncategorized on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
nature offers little more perfect than a spiders web. each unique creation a masterpiece of spun silken thread placed with delicate intricacy.
hidden beauty. hidden danger.
even the strongest can fall victim.
the battle of the bulbs
Posted in challenge on November 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
two years ago i broke a solemn vow i’d made to myself and bought a fake christmas tree. i used the excuse that our tree had to be tall and extremely skiny to fit in the only place it could conceivably go in my new house. it would be too hard to find a real tree that [...]
beginnings
Posted in simply me on November 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
a friend has led me here. to read. and with any luck to write. a new journey into the multi-facted being whose shoes i wear each day. but before i can write. before i can delve deeper. i feel as though we need an introduction. not the basic “hi. my name is …” but an introduction that [...]
