Posts Tagged as ‘Living’

June 11, 2009

For the Sake of My Legs

The one by my desk is black, maybe with some speckles of gray. It has wheels and arm rests and a lever to adjust the height. It is touted to be quite ergonomical, and though I find it more comfortable than others, I hate this chair.
During a weekly meeting today, I sat in a different [...]

February 4, 2009

The Song Remains Unwritten

As I walk down the cracked concrete sidewalk to my one-bedroom house, I become far away from Austin traffic, my 9-to-5 job, and the incessant news of the economic recession. At the Wilson Street Cottages, I am closer to what life is really about.

Several times a day I walk this path that separates the two [...]

May 8, 2008

The Salad Bar of Life

“Have I told you my story?” my mother asks me as we walk from Jason’s Deli to her white spaceship-like minivan.
Her voice is soft and excited and shy. I am my mother’s youngest daughter. I am graduating college in two weeks. She will cry. She will say, My baby is grown now.
When I graduated from [...]