The old mirror that my father left me will be at auction on August 23. I was hoping it was worth $10,000 or something (well, it happens on TV, right?) but if I get $1,000 I’ll be lucky. I talked to the coordinator of the organization I’ve been volunteering for (Refugee Transitions). She’s an inspiring and accomplished young woman who is working on her MFA in creative writing. Now I want to do that, too. […]
Read moreDay: August 6, 2009
Death-Defiance
This post is belated by about ten days. The day before I left for Vermont, Molly and I went to circus school to learn how to do the flying trapeze. It’s not something I ever would have thought to do, but my sister, in her infinite inspiration, gave me the class for my birthday. I was absolutely terrified. Everyone was young except for me. And athletic. Here is what I did, though. [flashvideo filename=wp-content/video/trapeze.flv image=wp-content/video/trapeze.jpg […]
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