Claire | April 27, 2011
“It seemed unreasonable, unfair, that a woman so young and beautiful should be so exhausted. Of course, it was neither unreasonable nor unfair. Exhaustion pays no mind to age or beauty. Like rain and earthquakes and hail and floods.” -Haruki Murakami, Dance, Dance, Dance (1994)
Claire | April 16, 2011
Claire | March 25, 2011
Nouns and verbs are enough for soldiers and leaders of totalitarian countries. For the adjective is the indispensable guarantor of the individuality of people and things. I see a pile of melons at a fruit stand. For an opponent of adjectives, this matter presents no difficulty. “Melons are piled on the fruit stand.” Meanwhile, one [...]
Claire | March 12, 2011
Claire | March 4, 2011
Just got home. Ate practically nothing all day except cake (though Ms. Deloughrey did provide me with a samosa mmm) so I am now eating baked beans and leftover omelet…at 8 pm. Sigh C, your eating schedule will never right itself will it? Listening to Lily Allen’s “Who’d Have Known” as I do on practically [...]
Claire | February 28, 2011
Some days I just breathe and dream a little deeper.
Claire | January 14, 2011
Claire | December 23, 2010
Art by Rob Kistner
Claire | December 7, 2010
Tonight I couldn’t decide if I was warm or cold. But I know I want more warm things in my life.
