Archives for February, 2009
Taxi driver
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Saturday night was freezing in Chicago. The four of us wandered out of Millennium Park and felt the bitter wind that hits even harder when you aren’t protected by skyscrapers on each side. We quickly hailed a taxi to get back to the hotel where we would eventually begin our five hour drive home (during [...]
Used books.
Friday, February 20th, 2009
I crouched down to look through the books on the bottom shelf in the “poetry” section in the small used bookstore. The poetry section isn’t typically the genre that calls me first, but I look at everything in used book stores. You never know what you are going to find. It was too much for [...]
Sign
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Not quite feeling awake yet and not ready to start the day, I pulled up to the intersection of Monroe and Talmadge on my way to work Sunday. It was almost noon and I was in the left lane when I stopped at the light, waiting to cross Monroe. I was the third of fourth [...]
Fantasies
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Fantasies have to be unrealistic. Because the minute- the second- that you get what you want, you don’t- you can’t- want it anymore. In order to continue to exist desire must have it’s objects perpetually absent. Its not the it that you want, it’s the fantasy of it. So desire supports crazy fantasies. This is [...]