TGIF Monday Mind

Here are the thoughts that went through my mind today, in no particular order of importance:

  1. I had a conversation/argument with a friend in my own head this morning while I was cleaning up breakfast. Even in my own conscious monologue, through a series of back and forth statements, my friend won the argument. Even in my own head my friend is more logical than I am. Unbelievable. (But at least it…

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musings while at my favorite indie bookstore cafe that i’ve been patronizing for nearly a decade

“Do what makes you grow more.”

My beautiful friend Glenn said this to me this morning. My response to him was that I was pondering what makes me grow more. He told me: “Go to your gut, not your head.”

So what is it that makes me grow more?

I don’t have profound answers for this. I have thoughts and some ideas. Words that pop into my mind.

Love. Compassion. Friendship. Humanity. Community. 

These…

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[POEM] monkey mind

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monkey mind

twenty-one years

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they said i should come

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i like(d) the name Sam for a girl

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the names of birds

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the three vultures peck at my eyes

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i fucking love this scooter

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i fucking hate this scooter

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smells of onion and garlic from the bagel shop in Park Slop

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warmth from the paper bag full of bagels to take home

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i used to come in the back door and get…

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