It’s quite an extraordinary thing to be identified wrongly. In a few short moments, you can become adamantly certain of who you are, what you are, what you are not, and what you stand for when you are mistaken for something/one else. Today I went to get a criminal background check. I filled out all […]
Author: Lisa
Going Home
I just spent 6 days at home, without Adonis. I haven’t been home that long, with or without Adonis, probably since college summers. It’s like magic; the remembering, the familiarity enveloping and comforting. The worn corners…the old blended colors of the carpet…the scratched thresholds…the same light switch that is blocked by a wooden bookcase that […]
Ellipsis
my chest achesthen stopsthen pierces withlightning bolts of seering, hot painmy chest aches again I pull my shoulders backUp, roll back, then down-Keep them there, stiffLift through the stomachChin raised, eyes upPosture, postureGood, lisa, good posture Decades of hunch over caught upTop of my shoulders pointnorthwest or northeast, dependingon where I standThey don’t just go […]
On My Way to Work
If there is one thing I know to be true about my life, I hate commuting to work. Along with the FOR SALE: PET GOAT signs I see, traffic is slow. It is slow because there are trucks that usually slow me down. These trucks are moving large, or fragile, or as these pictures illustrate, […]
I Told My Doctor
that whenever I see a bookstore, am about to head into a store that screams SALE SALE SALE, of think about the winter holidays, I have to go to the bathroom.I have learned:When a person gets excited, the body reacts by producing adrenaline and hormones that start the peristaltic movement of the bowels. In turn, […]
Photography
I love photography. I always have – there is something so direct, addicting, and challenging to photography.It’s something about looking through a tunnel and choosing what you see as truth. You see truth, you press a button, and it’s preserved forever.All the pictures on this blog are my own. Why would I post someone else’s […]
The Voice
In the most recent issue of Time magazine, there is a devastatingly important article about novelists. Read it. Basically, it highlights the great writers of the past – Hemingway, Fitzgerald, etc. – and the author of this article wonders aloud as to why there has not been an emerging Voice from our generation (those under […]
Bumag
When I write, I have to change the font on the computer. I have to be sure it looks different than a typical book or magazine font. For some reason, it helps me believe that what I am writing is different than what’s been said before. For an even odder reason, it helps me believe […]
A Thousand Thoughts
On my way to work, I pass a landfill. It’s called Rumpke (pronounced, RUMP-KEE). I call it Rumpke Dumpke Field. During Christmas season, it displays a huge SEASON’S GREETINGS at the top of the heap. During football season, WHO-DEY adorns the zenith of the trashpit. It is absolutely, positively the worst thing to see on […]
On Interracial Marriage
“So, uh, when ya’ll were dating…did, like, race, you know, uh…ever come up?”“Mhmm, I don’t know. Does a bear shit in the woods?”