open letter to arlene

July 1st, 2009

hey arlene!

thank you for the very kind comments you’ve left on my blog. i can tell you’ve been very concerned for me, and i really appreciate that, but the e-mail address you comment with doesn’t seem to work, so while i’ve tried to reply to you many times, they never go through.

sorry about that… leave me a good address and i’ll be happy to let you know how i’m doing.

-Cary

i’m in love with this photo

June 30th, 2009

borage in melissa's garden / alameda

WILCO at the Greek Theater

June 29th, 2009

Wow. Had such a great time on Saturday. I spent the afternoon at two different tiki-themed BBQs with my sister and her husband in Alameda (good lord, it was hot even there,) and then picked up my friend Cassie in Oakland and headed over to the WILCO show in Berkeley.

What a performance!! And what an amazing place to see a show… huge amphitheater, perfectly warm California night, big beautiful moon in the sky, and lots of stars. How is it that I’d never seen a show there??

Ok, so they didn’t play my favorite WILCO song, but I guess you can’t have everything… they did play an incredibly good set though.

Hope you’re all well,
C

starfish…………….

June 28th, 2009

Poem

that delicious promise

June 10th, 2009

that delicious promise hangs over us like a ripe peach ready to be plucked

i sense its breath {aching, halting}

and trace its curves with the fingers of my memory.

you know perfectly well i would dip it in honey and take a bite

if i had my way {with it, with you}

but i am too proud to chase

and besides, i have already eaten

all the good parts

the babies on my front porch

June 2nd, 2009

the babies