Adriene Crimson

After twenty hours of travelling, we are greeted by Markus at the gate in Malaga, Spain with a “Finally you’re here!”. It was sweet to watch how happy Shannon was to see his best friend after two years apart. I was expecting to have to go thru customs but now that Europe is a big […]

1. if you own and use a cellular or mobile phone, please – don’t answer it if you can’t spend a moment to talk with the person calling you. that’s what voicemail and caller ID are for. if it’s an emergency, the person will call back. whatever you do, don’t answer and say “I have […]

The Friday night before Mother’s Day, we drove from Burlingame to Pacifica down a road called Sharp Park. It’s a two lane road with a 4 foot tall cement median dividing the two sets of two lanes. It was still very light out at 6:45 or so and I was able to notice, as the […]

the awkward title is due to the awkwardness of the decision that i’m considering. *whispers shyly*I’m considering the path of the midwife it’s strange for me to say that for the following reasons:1. For years now, I’ve felt the need to adopt, if I ever decide to become a parent, more than creating and birthing […]

if i wear flowers and vanillaand see your skin in my milky tea if i paint my nails the way you wouldand wear my clothes as if they are yours if i dream of you when out of bodyand spend waking hours longing for those dreams if i share your soulwith the rest of the […]

1. I just found a set of glow-in-the-dark rosary beads on the ground in the parking lot and they are still rubber banded and in a little zip lock bag. I’ve always thought the glow-in-the-dark Christian artifacts seemed a little strange and now I have some of my own little-strange-Christian-artifact to make art with!The bag […]

today i overheard myself in this conversation:person bagging groceries: oh, you don’t want a bag?me: no thanks – I’ve got one here. no need for more plastic.pbg: [something something about his neighbors that I couldn’t quite make out] yeah, they love plastic.me: they better, it’s not going anywhere!cute girl at cash register: well said. i’m […]

Seven things I like to do while riding my bicycle: 1. give out tickets, in my head, to douchebags not doing things according to standard, ticketable, traffic laws. 2. fart – it’s the funnest place to fart – except for maybe around the campfire. 3. sing a song that goes “la la la la” 4. […]

Ten of my favorite experiences with my breath 1. when I’ve had some wine and I exhale deeply I really enjoy the quality of my breath. 2. when I’ve been dancing for hours and feeling the music and my body and my breath takes over and it’s deep and full and loud – then I […]

We just had a pretty big earthquake! 5.6 ain’t no joke! I hope everyone in the southern part of the east bay is okay. The room was shaking and everything that was hanging, was swinging. There was a subtle sound of creaking or movement. The whole thing lasted for about 7 seconds which is a […]