Category Archives: Love

I’m not ready…

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

I’m not ready to be friends with you yet, my dear ex-boyfriend. I really want to be friends with you again, just for a moment, so that we can talk about the corgis in The King’s Speech. Did you freak out when you … Continue reading →

Posted in Ache, Books, Dogs, Love, Movies, Music, Open letter, Questions, Waiting | 2 Comments

Amber on ‘Many Detailed Things,’ and the ones that got under my skin.

Posted on December 26, 2010 by

“You are watching me. I am staring at my white stockinged feet, flexing and stretching them against your hardwood floor. What you don’t know is that they are knee-high tube socks, and today I am wearing my gold and black … Continue reading →

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Glory on being ‘this kind of girl.’

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

“I am the kind of girl that will tell you how beautiful I think your girlfriend is, and that I am sure she is super nice and fun… I will tell you that, even if you have broke my heart … Continue reading →

Posted in Ache, Beauty, Love, Quotations, Recognition | 2 Comments

Belated thankfulness.

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

I’m thankful for my job and the people I’ve met through it, oh Becky and Angelina! and everyone else, and the opportunities my job and income have provided to me–I’ve been able to get my own apartment and travel to … Continue reading →

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On trying to make sense of ourselves.

Posted on November 9, 2010 by

“It seemed possible. Or at least, in that purgatorial cafeteria, not impossible, more or less as likely as the other scenario, the one I’d believed the whole time, priding myself on how well I understood my wife. Suddenly I wanted … Continue reading →

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On the feminine imagination.

Posted on November 6, 2010 by

“She ran into the grocery store to pick up dinner. She was waiting at the meat department for the butcher to come out with her veal chops when she turned and saw the man standing next to her. Her heart … Continue reading →

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On asking the big questions.

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

“First of all: I am tired. I am true of heart! And also: You are tired. You are true of heart!” “Now: I have never been so tired. You have: No idea how tired I am. I truly hope: You … Continue reading →

Posted in Babies, Dating, Dave Eggers love, Family, Favorite Posts, Life lessons, Love, Marriage, Questions, Recognition, Seasons, Striving, The Internet, Weddings | 5 Comments

My favorite quotation from my favorite zine.

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

“The commuter traffic on I-5 is a long smear of headlights and taillights that stretches as far as I can see. And I realize it’s not a small world, no matter what people say. It’s a big world, way too … Continue reading →

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On desire.

Posted on October 29, 2010 by

“I was thinking about desire, how it’s different from sex. How it can be about getting inside someone’s body but it can manifest in other ways as well. Like, if you’re into BDSM, or kink, or something similarly named, it … Continue reading →

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On exchanging a letter.

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

“When I myself travel, I have to wheedle a passport out of my own government and visas out of others. I fill in endless forms and answer questions that seem to me nobody’s business but my own. At each frontier … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, Mail, Quotations | 4 Comments