Doc.
photo by Henry Horenstein
there’s a fine line between complacency and just feeling good about where you are and what you’re doing. knowing there’s more places to be, better places to be, even, but where you are isn’t so bad. it’s being on the right side of that line that keeps you both hungry and healthy, aware that if you…
handsewn North Carolinian company flag, circa 1861
(Source: returnofcowboyprince, via in-north-carolina)
— Robert Penn Warren
I’m all moved into my first house. And have been to three grocery stores in the past 18 hours. Trader Joe’s. Growing up. Puppies at Weaver St. Market. Summer.
You know, I really really like Girls on HBO and I am generally a pretty race-aware/politically-correct person and I have no issue with the lack of portrayal of people of color on the show. Honestly, if Lena Dunham, who recently said in an interview with NPR that she writes from a half-WASP, half-Jewish perspective (like me!), tried to incorporate a black or Hispanic character it would probably be overly stereotypical and not as nuanced as a character. That would cause a whole other barrage of criticism.
Today’s weather reminds me of this summer in Kenya. And here I am pondering the same things I was then.