stringed

(oil pastels & water colors, 2008)

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red balloon i send my heaRt to you with stringed kisses stringed cheese stringed thoughts meLting into lips dripping i driNk you like ice tea sand castles blowing sand over my i. eyes blinking sLow. some days the ice even melts & i wonder wHy i wanted to fly. sun is warm. then he trips me aGain. & again. then he loves me daisy petals fLying…he loves me he loves me not yoU love me you love me nOt. how could you? when i'm so here sO uNlovable some days someone else's days. not me. me. aLways me. what else can i do than live in the moment…and sTill i fly…to you. how could i noT? trains & cheese & songs playing in my head. i take pictures for you i write books for you i drink you like thiRsty tea and soFt pillows. sand castles blowing sand in my i…

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(C) Copyright MJ Calitz, 2008

i'm baCK!

(picture taken at the beach in San Francisco, 2008)

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hello everyone!

i 'm back from my trip and home alone again...yay!

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wow, what a trip! i saw...the mall of america in minneapolis, mount rushmore, yellowstone, the badlands, the mojave desert (including great basin), san francisco (including alcatraz and the golden gate bridge), LA, hollywood (walk of fame), universal studios, famous beaches like venice's muscle beach, santa monica pier & malibu, back to the desert, through joshua tree, death valley (so hOt!) and the bright lights of las vegas, route 66, the grand canyon and monument valley...we drove through 16 states! don't even ask me how many miles. i took a million pictures too. this one is probably my moSt favorite and yes, that is my handwriting and those are my footprints in the sand...

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it's good to be back...