Miles Davis sure did make some nice music

I always mean to write in here more. Sometimes I have grand visions of posting something everyday. I think about jotting down my thoughts. I think about jotting down my day to day interactions. I think about writing down what makes me happy on a daily basis. There are tons of little things. I like the first few sips of tea in the morning. I like it when I get a window seat on the bus. I like it when I get to sit at a certain desk at work. I enjoy spending my lunch breaks meandering around the city. Sometimes I go walk around Powell's. I was reading Emily Dickinson poetry the other day. I check out the current Best Seller's list. I look at novels I have always wanted to read. I read the back covers of books on the Russian revolution and the Soviet Union. I spend time in the religious section. I was reading sections of the Koran the other day. Sometimes I go to the library. I pick out books, dvds and cds that I want to take out. I go find them. I mark them down for later. I go to Pioneer Square, the heart of downtown, and read a book and the many steps. Sometimes I just wander aimlessly. I try to practice walking meditation. I'm not that good at it. But I do try. I really enjoy dinner. We have really taken a whole new approach to diet and shopping out here. We make almost everything from scratch. We've had home made pasta twice in the past 10 days. The idea of jarred spaghetti sauce disgusts me. We have bean and sweet potato casseroles. Dry beans. No canned. We have a homemade soup once a week. We have biscuits and cornbread, puddings and pies, all made from scratch. We shop at a little place that sells local organic vegetables and spices by the ounce. And it is cheaper than at the grocery store. We have a delicious home cooked meal 6 nights a week. We generally reserve one night a week for pizza, take out Thai or Vietnamese, or eating out. I have come to really enjoy dinner in a manner I did not know possible. Of course, Lauren gets all of the credit on this one. I really enjoy watching the Simpsons. I never knew how much I liked that show. I enjoy watching the Red Sox once again. I like taking walks around our neighborhood at night. I like going up to Mt. Tabor at sunset. We went up there this evening. It is a quick walk from our house. The sun sets beautifully over the city and behind the 'western hills'. I brought the Bible. Lauren brought the Return of the King. We read, talked about life, the future, dinner, the weather and flowers. I really enjoy the smell of our neighborhood. You really have to come here to understand how green this city is. The rain and temperate climate creates the perfect conditions for plant life. Bushes, flowers and trees the likes of which you have never seen are literally bursting out of peoples lawns. The hood was particularly fragrant on our walk back home this evening. I like playing with the cat. I like reading in bed. I like how the cat curls up next to me once she is sure I am really in bed for good.

I hate when people do not separate their writing into manageable paragraphs.


I sat down thinking that I was going to write about the anxiety and fear I have been having about landing a good job, making enough money, paying off debt and saving to eventually buy a house.

I was going to end things on a positive note. I read today:

...So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today.



And that is truth.