it's good to be priestess

I officiated at my sister's wedding yesterday. It was awesome! There is a representative video of the fun that ensued on youtube--look for "white boy flagrante." I am not featured, thankfully, but please note the wonderful tai chi expert (he really is).

It has been a whirlwind four days of parties and people and people and parties. I have had the best time and met so many fantastic friends. Now that the hoopla has hooped its last "la" and those crazy kids are off to the Seychelles, I grow weary and reflective. So here's a little navel-gazing ode to white wine, love, and shaking your moneymaker.

Velveteen Rabbit

There is no finer motion—
no softer tick,
no gentler turn,
yet I can feel it.

What formless hope the
subtle click of thought to thought
has taken in its arms,
grasped with eager fingers,
and in the silence
made real

Human Geography

I am awed by the vast landscape
of your being.

I want to visit your deepest valleys,
sit in the shade of your wildest tree.

I want to dream a dream of night’s black cliffs,
swim the waves that take you under—

I want to scale your mountainous heart
and touch your sky’s bright soul.