effigy

to tell the truth

The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason they write so very little.

~ Anne Lamott
in Bird by Bird: Some Instructions for Writing and Life

confessions of an addict

j: i love him.
j: it is bad.
h: but he's dead
j: true
j: the travesty of my life is the lewis is dead.
j: but now he is saved to sin no more.
h: yes
j: my one small consolation.
h: yes
j: that and the espresso truffle i ate today helps to tide me over.