Oct 7, 2018
10.27.17
heading out on another birthday adventure with my favorites in one of my favorite places.
Oct 12, 2017
10.12.17
i set an intention to read 24 books this year, with this book i accomplished that goal. hurray!
Oct 10, 2017
Oct 8, 2017
Oct 7, 2017
10.7.17
how long does it take to come back and meet yourself?
how many wrong turns, breathtaking views, how many detours can you take before you end up home again?
how long do you run from what can't be outrun?
where do you hide from your own beating heart?
breathe in.
breath out.
remember who you are?
remember the clay you're shaped from.
ten years to face what can never be faced.
a decade of hiding from your own breaking heart.
only to feel it break again as if no time had passed at all.
as if you closed your eyes
and opened them in the dim light
of a parking garage.
in the passenger seat of a car.
listening to the last words ever spoken.
how many songs and conversations to cover what can never be unheard?
how many years of silence would erase it?
these are the words that made you.
and you can never be unmade.
how many wrong turns, breathtaking views, how many detours can you take before you end up home again?
how long do you run from what can't be outrun?
where do you hide from your own beating heart?
breathe in.
breath out.
remember who you are?
remember the clay you're shaped from.
ten years to face what can never be faced.
a decade of hiding from your own breaking heart.
only to feel it break again as if no time had passed at all.
as if you closed your eyes
and opened them in the dim light
of a parking garage.
in the passenger seat of a car.
listening to the last words ever spoken.
how many songs and conversations to cover what can never be unheard?
how many years of silence would erase it?
these are the words that made you.
and you can never be unmade.
10.5.17
a long time ago i put a big part of myself in a box, closed it up, put it away and never looked back. today i opened it again.
10.2.17
reflecting
"guns. i grew up with guns. i grew up in very small town america; norwood, colorado. in fifth grade we were required to take a hunter's safety course. so at the age of ten we went out in the fields around town with targets and weapons and learned to lock, load and shoot pistols, rifles, shotguns, semi-automatic weapons. the rifle being the most memorable to me at the time. i loved it. i was an excellent shot.
i am a gun owner. i am a native born coloradoan from deep, deep in the heart of nra country. i believe in our right to bear arms. i believe that fully automatic assault rifles should be illegal. i believe insane people should be unable to own weapons. i believe that we can all sit back and wait on a nice long background check before taking our guns home from the gun show. i don't believe the 2nd amendment and gun control have be mutually exclusive. i don't believe someone should be unchecked in their ability to purchase and stockpile enough heavy artillery to massacre people.
there is a lot of mythology we grow up with regarding guns, our 2nd ammendment and gun legislation. but here's a fact: norwood, colorado has a population of 572 as of 2016. 527 were injured and 59 killed in vegas yesterday. if an entire town of people - say for example my entire town of norwood - were injured or killed, would anything change? would there be any change to gun legislation? would we protect other towns? will we protect future victims? my heart breaks because i'm afraid the answer is no."
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