What does the “knee-jerk” part of the phrase “knee-jerk liberal refer to? Or, in other words, what is a liberal like myself supposedly jerking her knees about?
It makes me imagine a form of folk dance with lots of bouncing involved. And little bands of bells around the ankles to jingle while those knees are doing [...]
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I was just wondering:
Posted in deep thoughts, tagged folk dance, knee-jerk liberals, language, liberal, meanings, phrases on November 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
trees
Posted in deep thoughts, tagged beliefs, loss, moving, planting, treehugger, trees on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
They had to cut down a huge old tree that grew in front of the local gay/lesbian/queer/trans/etc. community center, where I am teaching a poetry class. It makes me a little sad every time I walk past there because I used to enjoy seeing the rainbow flag peeking out under the branches. I [...]
just the sounds
Posted in deep thoughts, tagged language, shoes, sign, sounds, words on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know that these are just the names of shoes, but I was rather attracted to the rich sounds of the language on this sign when I walked past it this afternoon. So many nice vowels. Ooooloooo. Uuugg. Uurth. Booooots. I guess reading a lot of poetry trains you to think like this? But I [...]
refining my vocabulary
Posted in deep thoughts, tagged clean, cleanse, dictionaries, meanings, words on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was washing the dishes earlier today (one of my least favorite chores) and I started to think about the word “clean” along with the word “cleanse” and how they mean pretty much the same thing don’t they, or do they have a difference in meaning, and why do we have both words, and what’s the essential difference between the two [...]
Eyes: how beauty is–yes–variable by whose behold it
Posted in deep thoughts, tagged beauty, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, eyeliner, eyes, fashion, red on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There was a long line at the post office and I had several packages to assemble and address and whatnot, so I was standing in the lobby for quite a while watching other people come in and out and move through the line with their envelopes. I couldn’t help sort of staring at this one [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Posted in deep thoughts, tagged hearts, love, photography, valentine's day on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love my you.
Marmalade
Posted in deep thoughts, tagged food, fruit, jam, jelly, marmalade, oranges, preserves on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I like the way light interacts with a jar of marmalade, glowing goldenly through the jelly between the little twists of orange peel. There’s no other type of fruit preserve that makes me feel that jewel-like sense of beauty. There should always be marmalade. I think I’ll start a new religion.
Marmalade with ginger is good, too. [...]
small moments
Posted in deep thoughts, tagged red, schoolbus, small moments on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
red circleOriginally uploaded by yellowlensI was walking the dog, first thing this morning. I waited and watched the traffic while she sniffed around in the leaves. My breath clouded the air. A schoolbus drove by. As it went over a bump in the road, one of its tail-light covers came flying off and rolled and [...]
Mass.
Posted in deep thoughts, tagged massachusetts on November 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
An open question to all residents of Massachusetts:
I’ve had this conversation with multiple people now, and no one seems to know the answer–
What do people from Massachusetts call themselves? Massachusettsians? Massachutes? Massachudles? Massachusettsites? Massachusetters? Massachutans? Massachusettlers? None of these words flow easily from the tongue, nor do any of them have any ring of plausibility.
The only answer I’ve [...]
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