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Treading Water | Treading Water

sherrie-theriault's picture
Aug.19.2010
Endlessly Moving Maps
August 19       Endlessly Moving Maps     I try to survive by memorizing the chaos.  I do well up to five layers deep and then lose it, as the details become too great.  I am staking my life on my ability to track the patterns in a storm while at the same time treading...
susan-brown's picture
Oct.23.2008
Some Days, I Just Want to Sink Beneath the Waves
My life these days is primarily treading water, trying to stay afloat amid the buffeting waves, dodging speedboats driven by oblivious or uncaring sailors, and hoping a wandering shark doesn't discover my tasty legs invading his domain.  The waves are the bills--they never end, they never slow down...