This is not a full circle. It's life carrying on. It's the next breath we all take. It's the choice we make to get on with it.

In ways I don't entirely have the words for an experience, thought or a lesson isn't real for me until I've written down.

I had the constitution of a missionary.

People who disagree with His Excellency, the President for Life and 'Chief of Chiefs,' are frequently found to be the victims of car crashes (their bodies mysteriously riddled with bullets); or dead in their beds of heart attacks (their bodies mysteriously riddled with bullets); or the recipients of some not-quite-fresh seafood (their bodies mysteriously riddled with bullets).

I listen mostly to classical music.

FBI Girl is a gorgeous, sumptuous book. Conlon-McIvor takes a subject (herself and her family) that might have sunk in other hands, beats egg white under her words and the whole thing rises like a dream. It's a love story for her people and for a time and place. Read it.

This is not a full circle. It's life carrying on. It's the next breath we all take. It's the choice we make to get on with it.