Author: the jodi

Almost twenty years ago I met a traveler named Elijah, barefoot & barechested, wearing just…

Yesterday was not my best day. I wrenched my back opening the kitchen window. It…

I have some free time now, with the not working and all. I’ve been sorting…

I’m chasing my dreams full speed until I run smack into a solid wall. I…

I started this journey of sudden unemployment induced total life change very gung-ho. I had…

Someday’s I’m a pancake, but as long as I flip before I burn, it’s all…

I’ve had to let go of resentments that aren’t in my best interest. I’m not…

I went on an audition this week, a casting call on craigslist for a print…

I got a chance to read some of the dirtygirl story in public last night…

July is my month. I celebrate both a birthday & an anniversary of what I…

I don’t get jazz. Or symbolism. I’m not fancy. I went to a friends play…

There’s a very handsome man who lives on my block. He’s always trying to start…

I have a Chinese tattoo that loosely translates to “The end of Crisis is the…

There was a girl-duck in the pen with the big bunny today. She’s been there…

I love to talk, but I crave silence. The American Sign Language introductory workshop seemed…

We set out to harness the pigs and take the the little chubsters for a…

In the general theme of be careful what you wish for,  two weeks ago I…

The thing about moods is they’re so mercurial, at least mine are.  The other day I was…

Bought this today, on canvas, at Union Square GreenMarket.  This is exactly what Fridays look…

I have a beau and her name is Sparkles.  Sparkles is a golden blonde, her hair…

When I was a kid I wanted to be a garbage man or a guest…

I started coming down here 15 years ago to be with my bff. It’s a…

Therapy Guy is back from vacation. Now I have a safe place to cry instead…

I’m tired, so this will be short. Big Edie called Thursday complaining of fevers, congestion,…