It’s all over but the last gigantic chrysanthemum. After a two-and-a-half hour session that at one point had me perilously light headed, here are the results:
The day after my birthday is my final appointment.
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It was eleven p.m. the night before my tattoo appointment, and I was anxious. The artist hadn’t sent me his concept sketch and I was freaking out about irreversibly altering part of my body. I have holes punched here and there (earlobes, top of ear, nose, navel), but nothing so obvious and ostentatious as a [...] And every small tragedy is also large. The anniversary of the September eleventh attacks was made somehow more personal this year. September tenth is my niece Michel’s birthday. She would have been twenty-three. Her family and friends gathered at my sister’s house to celebrate her life. For a few hours, all the media stories about [...] Recently, I was invited to a party in the home of someone I don’t know. When I arrived, I introduced myself to my host. I asked where I might put my bag, which is pretty big and cumbersome since it doubles as a diaper bag. A nice older lady, whom I believe was my host’s [...] Autumn by Alphonse Mucha Last week, I finally did what I’ve been meaning to and I went to Humble Beginnings, a tattoo shop in San Jose, to consult with an artist about the tattoo I want. I’ve had a Mucha-esque composition of chrysanthemums in my mind for some time, but I didn’t find any [...] |
My Opium Den
After some thinking, I realized why I didn't finish this book (even as I racked up late fees from the library): I found the subject matter, the history of the region of England called Sunderland, interesting, but there was nothing about the...
Lovely art by Camilla D'Errico (who should be listed as a co-author) provide mood and texture for this story of a troubled young girl whose fantasy life becomes a bit too real when she visits a website called Make5wishes.com. The authors ar...
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