i spent a year with eric in india... now he spends his years in a boat he owns in washington. when he's not civil engineering the world, he's making music... and i now know... he's making it with his boat. enjoy his creativity and thoughtful lyrics. you can find some of his other clever creations HERE. and notice the album cover? i was happy to help out!
two good friends were married this weekend and asked me to write/read something for their big day. i was more than excited at the opportunity but more than nervous because they didn’t want to hear it until the actual actual cermony. yikes! (see text below) all went more than well and it was one of the most memorable celebrations of life and love. congratulations, ryan and kelly. much love to you both. My love for you is not enough; It is not perfect, it fails you and it hurts you. Sometimes it gets angry and does things it shouldn’t. It curses and cries; it questions and...
Read Morei’m back ‘home’ in mussoorie. i realized i have spent the same amount of time ‘out’ of this city as i have ‘in’ it. no more 100+ degree days for here at 7000 elevation, long sleeves are more appropriate and i’m beginning to i think i was made for this elevation. 20 of august, 2006, i set my feet on indian soil and i am amazed at how much life has changed in such a short amount of time. a world which before i knew only from books, i am now apart of everyday. this life requires a slow pace. it’s...
Read Moreher name is anna, my name is jill. one 6 hour train ride from vijayawada, our paths crossed. we shared a bond between seats 55 and 56 which was unique and memorable. she went to school to be a psychologist, her brother’s a priest. i call myself an architect, my brother’s a software engineer. she’s been a sister in the catholic church since she was 28. last month, she turned 70. next month, i’ll be 25. the gray hairs peek out from beneath her head covering. my blond curls are in much need of washing. we talked about andhra pradesh and gelatto in italy. she told me of life in the...
Read Morethe news came today. if you need me after august, i will be found here... mussoorie, india more words to come. i'm too excited right now to try to find them. [www.emiusa.org]
esolutions. i resolved many years ago never to make them. just because it's the beginning of a new year, we're all feeling fat from the holidays, and everyone else is making them, i don't want to feel obligated. it's like valentine's day. i'd rather celebrate i love you on a random tuesday than out of duty on a hallmark created day. most of the time, the new year means fresh start, new beginning. we forget whatever happened last year or last night and we begin a new. less food, more movement. less busy, more checkbook accountability. whatever we did wrong last...
Read Moremy mind has been everywhere but on work this week. it often drifts off to far away places, known and unknown, to people in my past and others i have yet to meet, to memories and unwritten events. half of the time i'm sitting at my desk, i'm really not there, but nobody seems to notice. i don't mind either. never seeing the ocean until i was 20, i think it had a greater impact on me than most. i was so overwhelmed as i stared into the vastness of it all at virginia beach; i wanted to turn completely around...
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