by Andi | May 23, 2012 | Uncategorized, Written and Wrought
All I can thank about right now is the smooth, soft skin of her bald head. The idea of it calls to mind a beluga’s belly that looks so tender, so easily scarred. She is ten. She has just finished chemo. Her cancer is back. *** When I was a kid, I remember there... by Andi | May 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sometimes, I want to erase certain parts of history, to take my finger on one of those long timelines we used in 11th grade U.S. History class and just rub them out. But history is not written on a white board. Or maybe it is. Maybe that’s why parts of it I want... by Andi | May 12, 2012 | Uncategorized, Written and Wrought
Today, I’m thinking a lot about passion. What makes someone passionate about politics when she has never been invested before? What makes a musician throw himself into his music despite our culture’s assumption that value is based in cash flow? Why do I... by Andi | May 10, 2012 | Uncategorized, Written and Wrought
Sometimes the spark comes from some one else’s words. For me, that spark is often lit when someone is so honest that I can feel their spirit actually touching, embracing, mine. Today that happened again when I read Justin Lee’s 30 Confessions. Before you... by Andi | May 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Fear. I hear fear crackling the voices of so many people I meet. Fear that makes them rigid and cold and sometimes even cruel. What they are afraid of, I couldn’t really tell you – too little money, illness, risk, change, too much money – the list is...