Me, Myself, and Sarah

You and me-- all that lights
upon us, brings us together
like a fiddle bow drawing
one voice from two strings
~Rilke

It all started when my name was on a poem by her, us both being in this magazine, us both being named Sarah. We dedicated our copies to ourselves, to each other. I guess it probably started before then, like when we met in poetry class, or when i gave her my mittens. We travelled together to Stratford, Ontario in 2001 and had a great time. We were separated by time and space, but reunited via e-mail, and in person in 2007. We still refer to each other as each other, and it's party a joke, but it is also partly true. We are kindred.

Puppet Photography

I've been getting professional-like photography gigs lately, as people have been impressed by my picture taking prowess ;). ha. I say professional-like, as they're not paying, but as favors to friends. I'm Chaibaba and Machete's unofficial concert photographer, I took some publicity photos for David Atkins of Go4 Design (with his Canon Digital Rebel, which was SWEET), and I took some shots of my friend Nancy's life size puppets for her portfolio. Here are a few of those that I am particularly pleased with.

Friendship is one mind in two bodies

text source: http://www.ambrosebierce.org/dictionary.htm
photo: me 'n' john the revelator

My Reading at MWFA Gallery

My Poetry Workshop had their end of term reading in conjunction with the Non-Fiction workshop at the Most Wanted Fine Art Gallery in Garfield. My friends Rachel and Vijay came out to show their support.

What's an Adventure Without Friends?

They were in some of the previous South Side Slopes pictures, but this post is more specifically about my travelling companions in this journey, Vijay and Rachel. Vijay introduced me to the spot on the South Side Slopes, then we just drove randomly up narrow winding hills where you even have to go up steps to get to the sidewalks and there are tunnels through houses to get to the backyard. Here's one of the two of them:



Good thing they were there too, they picked me up when I fell down:


And they humoured my love of trees:

Here are two pictures that Rachel took-- I think she has a good eye for photo composition, don't you?:





Where does this road go?


Onto other places to explore:

Pittsburgh Play Date 2 (Sarah and Mariza at Dan Marino Field)

Like I said in Kate & Sarah's Playdate at Frick Park, twenty-five is definitely not too old to play at playgrounds. Mariza helps me prove it at Dan Marino Field's playground in South Oakland.

Now I know my ABC's

I wonder if I can slide down backwards...

The aftermath of sliding down backwards

Mariza climbs the bigger sliding board

Peek-a-boo

Who's in there?