April 1, 2007

no April Fool’s here

In Israel, skimming through my bloglines (yes, anything to distract myself)…and I’m finding April Fool’s post after April Fool’s post. Aside from this being very confusing, given that it is about to no longer be April 1 (we’re 10 hours ahead of Pacific time), I’m not in a humorous and whimsical state of mind.
So I’m [...]

April 1, 2007

under water

To say you’re “under water” means so much. Colloquially, it means financial trouble…but I can’t help but use it to describe the feeling of immediate grief–the feeling of suffocation in new conditions where even the light feels different and refracted and things have taken on new shape. Nevermind the feeling you just can’t [...]