The February prompt at Cafe Writing is: Love Letters; Melissa says: “Pick at least three of the following words, and build a piece of writing around them [greeting, hands, imagine, leave, letter, people, train, trespassing, washing]. The form is up to you: poem, scene, flash-fic, essay, or general blog entry. If you want to be really daring, write a love letter, instead.”

They shook hands as if in greeting although this time it was in farewell. He handed her the letter that sealed the end of things, the end of their life together, the end of all her dreams, and took his leave, boarding the train which would carry him far, far away. She was left to imagine the trespass upon her heart which would be the result of reading the information the letter contained. The people nearby looked at her as she began to cry and she walked slowly towards the bathroom, ready to begin the metaphorical washing of her hands, glad to be rid of him, but sad that it was over.

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An IM between Heather and me:

me: i got a card in the mail recently for Dad, for his birthday, from his cousin
i forgot to tell her
and now … i have to send her a card.
does hallmark make a card for that?

heather: oppps!! ha… thanks for the card, i’m in the spirit world now but appreciated the sentiment.

me: lolol can i blog that?

heather: hahah you sure can

You know…sometimes you just have to laugh. I rearranged the shelf that held Mom’s ashes today–I added Dad’s ashes, a picture of them at Mom’s retirement dinner and a picture of Mom that Dad took in which she’s walking away from the camera holding hands with my brother and me.

Yesterday I went with Megan, her mom & sister to a cake tasting for her wedding cake. It was all delicious, but I think I had too much sugar and fat. My favorite was the lemon cake with a black cherry buttercream filling.

I made a yummy pumpkin polenta today…but my tummy isn’t feeling so well, so I didn’t do much other that taste it. It was damn good!

Now I’m settled in with a cup of Aveda Tea, reading a new book I picked up yesterday called Sway…it’s very weird, convoluted and quite interesting, and getting ready to watch the Oscars.

How was your weekend?

Read in 2008:

1/21: Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home – I enjoyed this book very much…I love when recipes are included with stories!
1/29: Duma Key – Stephen King’s always been a favorite of mine, and this was one of his better books!
2/07: Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life – Eh. Sometimes humor doesn’t translate well.
2/12: The Bleeding Dusk – I enjoy this series, even if Victoria does kill vampires! And that Sebastian is HAWT!
2/17: The Kite Runner – Never had any desire to read this book (NO idea why) and I LOVED it. So very sad, tho.
2/18: The Tiger Rising – Barely remember this one…
3/8: An Absolute Gentleman – ditto lol
3/10: Water for Elephants – Another one I really, really liked!
3/18: A Thousand Splendid Suns – Another very good book I’d highly recommend.
4/8: Eat Pray Love – eh. I really liked the Eat and Pray part…but the Love? Not so much. It got old real fast.
4/9: A Three Dog Life – Interesting!
4/12: The Last Vampire – No clue about this one…can’t remember it at all LOL!
4/23: Change of Heart – Man…what a twist at the end!
5/10: From Dead to Worse – Sookie! Bill! Eric…roooowwwwwwrrrr!!!
6/4: Odd Thomas – First time reading the Odd Thomas books…I enjoyed them.
6/11: Forever Odd – ditto
6/19: Brother Odd – ditto
6/29: Tweak – So sad
7/6: Beautiful Boy – I can’t imagine what it’s like to be a parent and have to deal with this.
7/26: Odd Hours – ditto
7/31: Twilight -re-read
8/5: Breaking Dawn – reread
8/17: When Twilight Burns – Looking forward to the next one!
8/31: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle – Burned through this book SO fast…my second favorite of the year, even with all the sadness.
9/20: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer – Loved the scent descriptions in this book…again, tho, pretty sad.
10/3: The Host – Another one I didn’t think I’d like and I did, very much.
10/25: The Gargoyle Easily one of the BEST books I’ve ever read! This one is my favorite of the year.
10/26: Wesley the Owl – Cute story and lots of information about owls.
10/27: The Graveyard Book This is going on my bookshelf next to The Gargoyle and Edgar Sawtelle; my third most favorite of the year.
November:
- Grotesque Disliked this book, very depressing.
- T is for Trespass Appropriate book for what was going on in my life then.
November & December:
- Charlaine Harris’s southern vampire mysteries Reread ‘em all

Movies seen in 2008:

1/6 – Sweeney Todd: Depp & Rickman in the same movie…*swoon*
1/13 – 27 Dresses: Cute movie, I liked it more than I thought I would.
1/22 – National Treasure: Book of Secrets: Eh…
1/23 – Michael Clayton: Did NOT like this one.
1/26: CJ7: Really cute and enjoyed it a lot.
1/29: 21: I know I liked this one, too but I forget what it was about!
4/18 – Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Loved it! My new crush was in this, Russell Brand.
4/26 – Baby Mama: Ok…
5/30 – Sex And The City: Ok…
5/30 – Iron Man: Loved it!
7/1 – Indiana Jones [had to leave as sound quality sucked]
7/18 – Hancock: Damn, is Will Smith hawt!
7/20 – Hellboy: Eh…
7/24 – The Dark Knight: I am obsessed with The Joker!!! Amazing movie…great cast.
8/26 – Bottle Shock: Ahhh, Alan Rickman!
9/14 – No Country For Old Men: HATED the ending.
10/20 – All Together Now: This was about the making of Cirque du Soleil’s show, Love. It was so amazing to look behind the scenes, to see the input from Paul & Ringo, along with John’s & George’s widows.
12/26 – 4 Christmases. Eh, wait for the video
12/27 – Bedtime Stories. This one made me laugh and I can’t WAIT to see Russell Brand as Captain Jack Sparrow’s brother in the next POTC movie.

Carmi hosts Thematic Photographic and the theme this week is “dark”.

The Somerville Theater is such a great place to see a movie or a band! Located in Davis Square, there’s lots of parking, and … they serve beer now! Woohoo! The decor inside is funky, lots of owls with red eyes lurking in corners, a fireplace (non-working) and old pictures on the walls, very cool. Wish I had noticed, back when I shot this picture, that Hot Tuna was playing there…I totally would’ve loved to have seen them!

so I wanted to share: