11 35 pm pdt [ travelling again ]

On the airplane, children giggling, irate woman won't check her roller bag, we sit on the runway for 30 minutes before we leave, we sit on the runway for 15 minutes after we land.

I spend the afternoon washing the dust of paint off each leaf of each plant. I wash pots. I fry my back, not thinking about the sun.

I pack videos and begin on books. I am daunted. I opt for sleep.

[ 3 years: ]

three years ago today: I feel silly for not having reported the interesting events in my life of late.

two years ago today: Every night I am here at my father's house I tuck him into bed, turning off the lights and the television after he has gone to sleep. It makes me wonder what he does when I'm not here, though truthfully I know.

one year ago today: My time with my sister has slipped through my fingers, though she will be back in LA (along with my brother) the week after I return from New Orleans.