Nil by Mouth

So i was just reading

So i was just reading Jami’s latest, i don’t pretend to know what i’m doing. And woosh! a wave of homesickness washed over me! I was just as surprised as you folks. It is becoming fall here, and fall is my favorite time of year. Even though I crave warm and sun, I love the newness and freshness of fall. It must be remnants of school, but I always feel like fall is time to be reborn and start fresh. Big things always start for me in the fall and winter. Whomever pegged spring for this got it mixed up. Maybe it’s cause i’m a capricorn. Also i’m really into the layering look so…

Anyway, I have a lot of memories of sitting in parks (well really benches in between streets) in new york in fall. Dressed in a bunch of layers, keeping my hands warm with a cup of bakery coffee, smoking parliament lights while talking seriously, stupidly, ironically with a friend. I realized a huge gaping hole in my life here is that certain to-the-point conversation. The one where you don’t tell stories, or compare opinions, but really talk about things. The kind that comes sometimes from the length of the friendship or sometimes just from that certain quality you recognize in someone, the “friend” quality. You know what i mean.

My friend Jeff is supposed to come today. I’m really looking forward it. Mostly for some to-the-point conversations over coffee. Actually, I’ve been looking forward to it for a long time now. I know a decent mount of people here, some really cool ones too, but not the-park-and-coffee-in-the-fall sort of friends. Not yet anyway. I’ve got some lovely pictures from the past few days. I’ll post them once i get home. Ciao bellas!

• Sep 4