Posted by: Becca on: February 27, 2008
I went to the Athenaeum show Saturday night. Within seconds of when they began to play, it went right towards the top of my list of favorite things I’ve done.
Their “Radiance” album was my constant writing companion for a long time. I can’t say that I wrote anything amazing during that time, but [...]
Posted by: Becca on: February 23, 2008
I’ve never grasped materialism. All I can think of is how much more could be done with money than to spend it excessively on possessions; things that can be lost, stolen, outgrown, destroyed. Things you can get of decent quality for a decent price that people spend a ridiculous amount for (examples may be found [...]
Posted by: Becca on: February 12, 2008
Read on npr.org about this book: “Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six word memoirs by writers famous and obscure” by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser.
Here’s mine:
Just Combine A Few Country Songs.
Kind of like this:
The Farm, The Family, The Church (A trinity of sorts)
I was raised off of Route Three,
Out where the blacktop ends.
It’s [...]
Posted by: Becca on: February 9, 2008
I found a poem I wrote in 8th grade. It (along with every other poem I wrote in middle school) was fairly dramatic, but it hit on something, and it reminded me of something. Here’s the main line:
“Why can’t just being me be good enough for everyone?
I remembered that it was this feeling, [...]
Posted by: Becca on: February 9, 2008
I’ve always liked people watching.
I remember once when I was little, maybe 7, I was watching two older girls talk and fix their hair in the bathroom. One of them made an irritated comment about people who stare and I realized that was me and I realized I would need to people watch more [...]
