Possible Cover Jacket for CD
When I was in Peace Corps I volunteered at an orphanage for disabled babies in the city of Gyumri, Armenia. Recently I had the good fortune of reconnecting with the director of an Armenian aide organization that works directly with my orphanage, Caritas. I had been wanting to raise […]
“the ghost girl that said no” ZJC (2007)
Now the dead avoid me. How miserable.
Language irks me. I wish it gone. I wish
all that binds me, gone. Schoolchild kisses, fuel
for the hungry ghosts, the livings’ fetish
with its own wretchedness, all this barley
and blood, all this tea and bile we anguish
over, […]
“I love gentle things and I love warm things, that is why I love humans!” cries the little swallow spirit in the anime Natsume Yuujinchou. I love the bittersweet in stories; that which reminds us that being alive and human is not a curse but rather a reason to celebrate and yet we should […]