Even though Jessie was busy not hanging out with me this past weekend, I managed to get a head start on our landscaping project.
Before we rebuild my stone patio and plant verdant new flowers all over the place, we need to get rid of what’s currently there. This includes some leftover features from the previous owners, as well as some things the wife and I have decided to get rid of and start anew. Continue reading “Adventures in Landscaping: Demo is for Demolition”
Countless hours, days,
all for the ability
to declare: Ready.
Steve D
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
In case you haven’t heard, celebrity chef, TV host, and storyteller Anthony Bourdain committed suicide this morning.
I always admired Bourdain’s art for storytelling, but more than that, his humanism. His most recent show, Parts Unknown, not only took audiences on incredible food and culture adventures to every corner of the world, it also showed us how culture can bring people together, even in times of hardship, war, poverty, and oppression.
His stories have always inspired me and made me yearn to discover more about this world and its people, about our shared heritage. I hope we can continue that dialogue in his memory.
A brief update on my week follows if you’re interested. Continue reading “A Moment of Reflection for Anthony Bourdain”
A.K.A. white man asks Mexican for help with his yard.
So Jessie and I are in preliminary discussions of how to fix my shitty yard. I promise I will take before pictures so you all can see, but for now we’re mainly brainstorming. Continue reading “Pre-Adventures in Landscaping!”
One leg quivers while
fingers fidget, urging you
to click the button.
Steve D
Guess who’s back in the US?!?!
In case you haven’t seen the haiku I’ve been posting this week (with some very obvious riddles), the wife and I were in England for a wedding and some good ole R+R in London.
I managed to get some sweet pics of what I assume is Greenland on our flight from Reykjavik to Baltimore. I’ve seen plenty of documentary footage of the arctic, but flying directly over it with such a clear view of the terrain felt like I’d been transported to another world. Continue reading “Friday Publishing-Day: Notes over Greenland”
Wide fields rimmed with trees,
with meadows free to grow wild
as they once might have.
We took a stroll through Hyde Park yesterday on our way to the science museum. The beautiful weather helped make it our most enjoyable day in the city.
Steve D
History, fiction
collide on neat Baker Street,
a quaint deduction.
Wedding celebrations commenced yesterday, and my mini grad school reunion was a great time. Now, the wife and I are staying in west London. Can anyone guess which well-known residence we visited today?
Steve D
Paving stone sidewalks
lead to an unknown town, but
still familiar.
Guess who’s in England! We arrived yesterday afternoon to attend my friend’s wedding tomorrow. This will be a reunion of several of my grad school friends, so it’s only fitting that the smaller town we’re staying in reminds me of Exeter.
Steve D
Last night, Jessie and I had our first writing session since… she moved to Denver.
You see, we used to meet periodically with our laptops and notebooks at a little cafe in Columbia, MD to take notes, talk shop, and brainstorm about whatever writing projects we were working on at the time.
Now that Jessie lives in Baltimore and I live just outside the city, we agreed to find a new writer’s cafe. Continue reading “Exploring Writing and Cafes in Fells Point”
