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My Own Personal Resurrection

By Banana | Published: April 6, 2015

I failed at lent this year. I am no longer religious. I am no longer a practicing Catholic but I like lent. I like the concept. Lent requires that you do something difficult- that you give something up. I was supposed to decrapify my life by getting rid of a bag of stuff every day […]

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ISO- Dream Reader- “Oh Baby, Baby- Get Up On This”

By Banana | Published: March 27, 2015

Who am I drawn to as a person, as a reader*? The Dreamers. The Thinkers. The Makers. The Awkward. The Stylish. The Damned. The Struggling. The Vulnerable. The Irreverent. The Funny. The Driven. The Fearful. The Brave. The Unconventional. People in whom these seemingly disparate characteristics overlap and create tension. Above all though- I am […]

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A Little Bit Extra

By Banana | Published: January 8, 2015

She is like a lynx stretching next to me- supple, taut, and smooth. After calm deliberate movements she sits poised in preparation for the hunt- her big push outward. I, on the other hand, feel a tad chilly and also tired.  I am a little early for my second ever TRX class and I mentally […]

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Don’t Fear the Chaos Climax and Other Thoughts on Change

By Banana | Published: June 26, 2014

 Everything you tolerate drains your energy, makes you irritable, and wears you down. Talene Miedaner   Is this true? Is Talene correct? Does everything around you that you just “tolerate” drain you? Bring you down, and suck your energy? I am talking about the little things. That broken door jamb. The light hanging from a […]

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How do you change? Start somewhere

By Banana | Published: January 28, 2014

  How do you change?  Start somewhere…. Start somewhere.  Start here.  Here at this table which is the perfect size but is covered in hideous laminate. Start here- in this unfinished house that I willed into being, but needs so much work that I rarely- if ever- invite anyone in. Start somewhere.  Start here- in […]

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