I’m a Magpie
1. Sugar snap peas with hummus from our favorite corner store.
2. Tom Clark’s nature poems on Beyond the Pale.
3. Sara Larsen’s Novus.
4. Watching sleeping dogs dream in tandem.
5. Reading Catullus in Esperanto.
Today, Bella, Shelby and I took our trice-weekly trip to our favorite park. As we made our way up the hill, Shelby disappeared into a thicket, following some scent or other, and emerged with a slight limp. A cursory examination revealed a thorn stuck in his front paw, which I removed. I can only hope [...]
So, yesterday, I was out walking two of my regular charges, Bella (aka Bella Z. Bub, aka Bella Boo, aka Queen B) and Shelby (aka Shelby Tiberius Buttlicker, aka Shelby Baloo, aka Thelonious Bucket). Here’s a picture of the two:
I walk them three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), and over time we’ve developed [...]
I'm a freelance writer and perpetual graduate student living in San Francisco. Special skills include dog charming, brochure writing, slapdash cooking and long-winded nattering. I also enjoy watching the sunset reflected in the tall buildings downtown.
For a while there, I taught classes on Classical literature, philosophy, and the history of religion at New College of California. I have an MA and an MFA in Writing, and started library school in the fall of 2009.