fire & ice

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I’m writing this as I listen to the crackle of my fireplace and feel its warm glow on my face, and occasionally warm my hands in its heat which are frozen from the 20lb turkey that’s thawing in my sink.  Tonight I’ve been cleansing my apartment and my soul in preparation for Sunday’s pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving and, I think, in preparation for moving a little further away from my past.  Tonight I purged myself of over 10 years of love notes, trinkets, mementos, keepsakes, and reminders of relationships long past… all given over to the flames.

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la la land

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“It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.” – Louise Bourgeois

The trip to LA was great for a number of reasons, mostly because it was half fun-work and another half fun-vacation.  It took me a while to post up the pics and such just because life has been crazy busy since getting back into town.

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