my need to write for mind on fire ebbs and flows…for the time being, my life is full.

what fills my life?

selling cookies for my beloved daughter’s girl scout troop…shouting “no blood for oil!” with thousands of other demonstrators while marching through downtown los angeles…contemplating the existence or non-existence of god with dear friends…building little databases and webpages to help my fellow students and coworkers at uci…immersing myself, as much as possible, in the lives of japanese men and women who lived hundreds of years ago…enjoying my son’s elation as he finds fossil clam shell imprints in the sandstone…learning about the social hierarchy of crows for a story i’m thinking about writing…wandering the stacks at the university and public libraries, becoming friends with the librarians…chatting with jana on the phone, planning, scheming, and dreaming with her a dozen times a day, and never tiring of her voice::