snakes, glorious snakes

Yesterday John and I went for a run in the Arboretum and there, slithering through the grass next to the river, was a man-sized pale green snake. I guess someone decided to take her for a walk.

You surely don't see something like that that every day.

favorite line

"Tell me one last thing," said Harry.
"Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"

squibs

I heard this twice today, on separate sides of town:

I don't care about Harry Potter!


Although I am reading it, considering almost all my favorite characters are dead, my care is also waning

The Great Womyn in my Life

Oh Alissa, i admire you,

for working for your family so long, both during the grueling day and those nights making something for a pregnant relative or your favorite nephew.

i love your raw independence, your unfamiliar wary of attachment;

and yet, your honest admission of melting again and again.

i love your intense faith, although sometimes it sets us apart;

how you followed your stubborn ambition to go back to school without support, then cursed it for wanting you to fail, then missed it when you had triumphantly left it behind.

i love your love for colors of earth and stone.

the secrets we keep

I'm the type of person who doesn't mind sharing things.

I may give you a bite of my favorite mint chocolate-chip ice cream. I may finish your water after you've left.

I may, if I like you.