hey_past rt in falling_asleep you mentioned a convalescence. are you injured? 090731 ... past i had four wisdom teeth removed about 24 hours ago. it went pretty well, i think. i don't think i've had my pain killers for 12 hours and the pain is, at worst, background. 090801 ... rt i had that done back in high school. it is quite painful. glad to hear all is well. 090801 ... past thank you. my mom came up to look after me. her wisdom teeth experience was one of the worst i've ever heard about (her neck looked bruised from all the bleeding, and she missed work for over a week). she left this morning saying she was jealous. i still don't have much energy and am practically bed-ridden, but i can get to the store if i need it, and have a couple of brothers in town, not to mention a dozen friends within 5 blocks. i love this place, and the people in it. i know this regularly, and say as much, but when you're reliant on others you really feel it. 090802 ... unhinged i am assuming no news is good news. 100305 ... past no news is good news. no news is time is moving so fast. i will email soon!! 100306 ... unhinged no rush. just been noticing your absence from inbox and correctly assuming that your life has kept you too busy. no problem. *winks* 100306 ... raze i love all the different facets of your voice we're getting to experience, from the beauty and wonder of parenthood captured in past_and_future_in_the_present_tense, to the rich creative energy that courses through small_animals, to unintentional_sauna, which is so vivid i can *feel* it. 220721 ... past this is very kind, raze. 220722 ... raze one of the things i appreciate most about your writing is the way you manage to connect the political with the personal. even when i'm not familiar with the events or the people you're tuned into, i always find something to relate to. your words resonate. 221025 ... raze holy hell, man. you're killing_it lately. what you just wrote on death_of_a_parent is so clear-eyed and powerful, i felt like i'd lived through it by the time i was finished reading. thank you for letting us into your life and your dreams. 221221 ... past thanks raze. that one wasn't autobiographical or biographical, but parts are true about other people. initially i was writing about wills, but went another way. but as you said the other day, the thanks is also to tender_square for the title as a fruitful prompt! 221221 ... tender_square it's been such a treat to read your words here and watch your continued growth as a writer on these threads. your voice and scenes are varied and vivid. thanks for writing with us. and sorry to hear about the kiddos; hope everyone in your family gets well soon. 221224 ... past hey, thanks t_s. it's nice to flex this creative muscle that's been more or less dormant in recent years, and to think differently than the more regimented ways i write and think professionally (if that makes sense). we may be on the mend, or the various things will spread. fortunately we were going to be hosts two nights in a row, which although no one came over we still ate like royalty and had all the special touches for the little ones. 221225 ... raze i hope you and your mom are both okay, or as okay as you possibly can be. sending good thoughts your way. 230207 ... past thanks raze, the time_zone comment i over hears triggered a decade old memory of my first trip to st. john's. she's still here all these years later after quite a scare that summer day! 230207 ... tender_square also popping into say i'm glad to hear your family is okay. thanks for always sharing your words, past. 230208 ... tender_square the pain of your injury on "torn" is visceral. thinking of you and hope you make a quick recovery back to mobility. 230408 ... raze (i'd like to second that. get well soon.) 230408 ... past thanks -- here's hoping i'm back to walking again soon. the real frustrating part is how it started getting worse after a week of getting better. but it's impossible (or very very very hard for me to just stop, so i probably overdid things). 230410 ... raze stories_always_end is so lyrical and thought-provoking. those last two paragraphs knocked me right off my feet. i'm really sorry the side_hustle didn't work out, but their loss is our gain. this place is always richer for carrying your words in its belly. 230502 ... past thanks raze, i was trying to weave in as many gordon lightfoot lyrics (or references to lyrics) as i could get away with. his songs were the soundtrack to different parts of my life, and i can never decide whether the original of if you read my mind is better than the full on pop cover of it from the 90s. 230502 ... tender_square [past, i love that 90s pop cover from stars on 54 too, though i also love the original. what a great homage you made for a legend.] 230503 ... raze (i love how you just turned a headache into a vivid piece of poetry on behind_the_eyes.) 230617 ... past thanks...nothing like an over tired wildfires smoked allergy filled headache to make the day something. 230618 ... tender_square thinking of you and your family with all this crazy weather you're experiencing. hope that you are all safe. 230807 ... past thanks t_s, makes us very happy we fixed the roof and waterproofed the foundation soon after moving in (we had a small basement flood that first year, i can only imagine the damage this year would have caused, even with the basement unfinished). 230807 ... raze it's great to see you around these parts again. 240228 ... raze words or not, it's always heartening to see your face. not that we have avatars here, but ... you know what i mean. (do *i* know what i mean?) 240320 ... raze i'll have you know that i just said "holy shit" out loud after reading the_stars_exist_to_cry for the first time. at the risk of sounding like the los lobos record i tried to play the other night but couldn't because the first song wouldn't stop skipping, it's so good to see you here. 241101 what's it to you? who go blather from