book keeping

stay healthy, stay true
stay baby, baby blue
stay hard to find
if they're after you
stay a while longer
i'd like to see you too




today i finished the journal i started almost exactly a year ago. i've written so much in it, so much i'm still proud of. it is very much an extension of myself, moreso than any other book i've kept. i'm going to scan a few of the drawings i like from it later. i'm so excited to be starting a new book though, this february has been a surprising gift of early spring, and so many exciting things are starting and growing; it feels right to be starting a new journal.

the 16th was the lunar new year, celebrated in most all eastern countries. "the year of the tiger, the third in the 12-year cycle of the chinese zodiac, represents year 4708 on the calendar used by asian countries." isn't it wild the difference between the western and eastern calendar? we're like 3000 years behind china (but what else is new)

loose fireflies + rocking chairs

lithos!

us feasting few

oh say can you see
the stars overhead
i wish i were with you
but i'm here instead
alone, at my pad
some days it is hard
to get out of bed
dreams fill my head

oh don't you know
rain causes rainbows
but don't take for granted
your sunny days
spring is so new
new feelings come to you
so fill up your cup
with the morning dew
and drink up
with us feasting few

when alone

could you read my palm
and explain what's wrong with the
idea of settling down?

been rambling long
been walking from beach to beach
what is it you seek?

a sign or a stone
to hold onto when alone
any smooth relief

the man in the moon

the man in the moon
is quite apparent tonight
and he's all eyes, too

just a furrowed brow
surrounded by thick smoke rings
it's one of those nights



get back to your roots
grandfather painted woodgrain
but he was no tree