Young people are more isolated from adults than they’ve ever been. Unless you’re an adult who is getting paid to somehow be involved with young people, chances are most adults have no contact with young people that they are not related to. And the isolation is kind of structural and it’s very deep and it’s [...]
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Junot Diaz on Isolated Youth
Posted in lost, tagged children, youth, isolation, junot diaz on July 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Phases
Posted in lost, poem on July 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Mooning over friendship on the wane is like worrying a loose tooth with my tongue. Loop it with string and slam the door already. A strong new tooth will rise, eventually.
I am not my things- Adios, Auto
Posted in lost, muttering, tagged car on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am now free from the bonds of car ownership! Thank you, blue car, for your months of service- but some people are just not meant to own cars. I’m focusing on being a better biker and also divesting of even more possessions since I’m moving at the end of the summer. Again. Move #16ish. [...]
Birthday
Posted in lost on May 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I felt scattered and prickly all morning until I saw the date: Today would be my mother’s fifty-fifth birthday. I continued to feel raw and lonely, but I stopped trying to feel different. In two weeks I’m going to London- where I lost her. She would be very excited for me to go back and [...]
Go home and put all of your affairs in order
Posted in lost, tagged grief, loss, stuff, weeding on March 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Now that I’ve started I can’t stop getting rid of things…. ugly earrings gold eyeshadow from New Year’s 2000 Delux Beauty glow in the dark nail polish from my first job in NY New Basics Cookbook (1989) so many children’s books… slogan tshirts xmas snapshots extra kitchen clock antiqueish purse that won’t open who wants [...]
What are you holding onto?
Posted in TV Review, lost, tagged buddhism, g-n-r, hoarders, letting go, TV Review on September 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One interesting suggestion i read for developing generosity starts off simple: try passing a beloved object from your left hand to your right. Even that tiny transfer can pull your heart if the object is very precious. From there perhaps you can build up to greater acts of generosity. Imagine giving away the most valuable [...]
At Six
Posted in lost, poem, tagged heath, library, poem, poetry on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was playing with my friend Ben who had a three-legged dog and lived on top of a hill where his road stopped in a pile of sand. He swore at me and I walked out, Ben’s father was sleeping by his sketches. I walked through the scrubby prickly woods that pressed close over the [...]
Living Alone
Posted in found, lost, tagged brooklyn, buddhism, fresh ricotta, greenpoint, mcgolrick park, real estate on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I finally got my own apartment, no roommates, I was about to turn 30. My neighborhood was rapidly gentrifying and it seemed impossible that I would find anything I could afford, and I walked dejectedly in the rain to a number of real estate agents who confirmed my suspicions. I went to one by [...]
Unsent Mail
Posted in lost, tagged lost friends, postcard on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is always an escape.
Happy Birthday
Posted in lost on May 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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