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Disappointment comes
in many shapes and sizes.
Today: Rejection.

Making Art, Losing Sleep

Baby elephants
may be the death of me -- sore
fingers, sleepy head.

Happy Birthday Katy Hilton

Last night birthday bars:
Mad Dog, the Mint, Martuni's.
Katy singing drunk.

The Last Day of My Summer Gig

Morning Pilates
with Kiki. Quiet headache.
Goodbye Joanna. . .

Wallow

No fair! and Why me?
Cry these frustrations today.
Move on tomorrow.

Good Morning

Nothing tastes nicer
than juicy morning smoothie
and hot fresh coffee.

When it Rains . . .

Turn down auditions --
Cabaret fills up my Fall.
What fills up my now?

Today's Parts

Hungover morning
Hard afternoon rehearsal
Libby's evening sauce

I Didn't Write Yesterday . . .

So I couldn't tell
you about Mimi and our
cozy garden time.

Libby and I Celebrate Our Birthdays in September

Themes for a party:
Cowboys/Injuns verse Cops/Rob-
bers. Come as your mom.

Now he goes to work and I stay home

Wake early with Ben.
NPR. Email. Coffee.
Yoga starts at 12.

She Lives in Indiana

Reading high school blog
I was a nerd like Jenny.
Small town, theatre, band.

Elephants in Dark Times

Make an elephant.
(out of corduroy and string)
It sits in the room.

My Dinner with Uncle Vanya

Bathe, then the movies
Balboa double feature
Libby unpacks home.

In It To Win It

Three Moms rehearsal
Play Persephone then Jen
Sunday brain fuzz grows

Sugar High

Baked Libby a cake
Purple mountain red lava
Sprinkles and Caitlin

Groggy

After a couch nap
After beach trip carsick ride
A fuzzy phone call

Palo Alto Afternoon

My Thursday work done,
off to La Bodegita
where dear Kiki works.

My Insect Roommates

Two trapped angry flies.
Getting in was effortless.
Leaving is harder.

For Marshal and His Flowers

"How can I post these?"
he emailed weeks ago.
Dew drops on orchids

Monday 9a.m.

Write after waking
so Mom sees post-Pilates.
Remember time change.

Midday at TJ's

Tonight's audition
Looms ahead. First rehearsal
Behind. Grocery store.

A Sunny Summer Saturday

To John Hinkel Park
in Berkeley with Ben and Nics
to see Cyrano.

Learning to Blog, Talking to Libs

Dad tells me I stole
those photos. I didn't know.
Fix it. Answer phone.

Sitting in a Wind Tunnel Imagining the Sun

Last night's Chinese food
Sitting Mission 17
for Libs in Portland.

Unemployment Blues

Bored with relaxing,
(How much sun can one girl get?)
Get off your ass, kid!