
A few random updates
+ As someone who prides herself on being really good at keeping in touch, I have been truly sucking at it lately. I have a couple of handfuls of D.C. postcards I’d like to write and get out one of these days—if only I could remember who I have already sent them to this summer. […]

Final hour thoughts
I’m at the airport, an hour away from commencing my westward migration. Today: to Austin. Two days later: to Montana for almost two weeks. Somehow, tomorrow is August. Despite my best tourist efforts in the last two weeks, much remains that I did not see or do in D.C. Eleven years will not pass between […]

Fireflies…and a rat
This week, I saw two things I’ve never seen before: fireflies and a rat. I’ve been told that the fact I haven’t seen any rats yet in D.C. is sort of a wonder. As one person said, “Let’s put it this way…that rustling in the bushes ain’t squirrels.” This particular specimen of vermin was lying […]

Two weeks
Somehow, I’ve already been in D.C. for two weeks. It feels like the clock’s hands have been spinning double time, and I expect that the rest of my time here will continue to feel the same. It’s both energizing and overwhelming, being so conscious of time, trying to make the most of every day. Limits […]
