http://glow.whyiamnotdying.net taking dancing lessons from god. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:10:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en from blurry dawn in portland... to a watercolor sunset in sammamish. http://glow.whyiamnotdying.net/2009/01/one-traveling-day/ i went to a pretty cool electro-futurist-themed party with a lot of pretty cool people last night. we danced like robots and talked about the future, and at midnight we counted down from ten in german. i got to start the year surrounded by people i have known and ... http://glow.whyiamnotdying.net/2009/01/happy-new-year/ in 2008, probably the best and worst year of my young life, i: * held my dying cat kari, the heart of my heart, my companion of more than fifteen years, while she took her last breaths. * visited friends and family in berkeley and san francisco. * stage managed two shows for ... http://glow.whyiamnotdying.net/2008/12/arbitrary-dates-for-self-reflection/ this is what my collarbone looked like on june 12th: this is what my collarbone looks like as of this morning, when i had my (hopefully!) very last orthopedist appointment: my body did that all by itself! with just a little initial help from some fabric and straps. i am ... http://glow.whyiamnotdying.net/2008/12/healing/ well, it seems to be the end of the portland "snowpocalypse" or "arctic blast" or whatever you'd like to call it. between leaving my house this morning and coming home tonight, the snow and ice mostly disappeared from the road. the sidewalks, on the other hand? still ... http://glow.whyiamnotdying.net/2008/12/some-of-those-infinite-possibilities/ ("a blessing" by james wright) love & joy come to you, et cetera. http://glow.whyiamnotdying.net/2008/12/happy-holidays/ i'm a bit late, but happy solstice. this day was a little longer than yesterday. the evening show yesterday was cancelled but even so it took me five or six (happy!) hours to get home. i bought some xmas presents for my family at powell's books and then ran ... http://glow.whyiamnotdying.net/2008/12/snow-days/ awe infinitum... well, where else do you find it but at a bus stop in the snow? i did not expect to find it there. i did not expect the snow. in any case last sunday when i first woke to the snow i did not expect it to ... http://glow.whyiamnotdying.net/2008/12/surprise-and-delight/ the snow is still falling off and on here in portland. it's like soft, cold confetti. standing under streetlights at night, tongue out, i feel silently celebrated. http://glow.whyiamnotdying.net/2008/12/winter/ i am currently reading blue highways: a journey into america by william least heat moon, about the author's long wandering roadtrip on the backroads of the country in the 1970s. despite the author's obnoxious nostalgia for some imagined "simpler past" and his overeagerness to demonstrate his lack of racism ... http://glow.whyiamnotdying.net/2008/12/on-traveling-and-paying-attention/