after what turned out to be a very tough week, i ran away to Anza Borrego with Marie and Heather, which turned out to be just what the doctor ordered. Late night swimming, beer, delicate desert plants, night birds, bunnies, wild turkeys, photos in ruins of cabanas, room 9, wireless internet service in the middle of nowhere, Carlee's bar, seventeen billion stars at midnight, the desert light at 6 am
maybe everything that dies someday comes back