Notes to Self

My name is GNA Garcia. I am a gypsy rogue scholar who reads, writes, and thinks for a living. My notes to self are often a little naughty, sometimes a little nice, and entirely uncensored.

May 21
“Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. (A. Huxley)”

I forgot his face, again.


May 20

Chicago 3 x six word stories

Metra, L, Pace, are funk massive.
Snow, ice rain, pollen, sun weather.
Exploration, rumination, finding a niche possible.


Best day in a longtime of best days. Exploration, art, conversation, food, befuddlement, poetics, love, stories, and all the spaces in between, and come what may. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYEC4TZsy-Y&feature=youtube_gdata


May 19

Dear Miss Manners, I’ve been boarding with a kind, generous family for three months. We get along great. Is it too soon for me to unwrap the Sunday Times? Signed, Impatient for Paper


Jan 16
“Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.” Angela Monet (via gypsyroguescholar)

Jan 14

Philly #sixwordstories

Chinese viejita on a BMX bike.
Airborne fecal matter fog the streets.
Neighborhood bars play punk rock anthems.


Jan 10

SE Philly First Impressions #6wordstories

Aggressive house cat claws for love. Window displays lean toward caged madness.
Doors opening into streets are homes.


Jan 9

MANTRA

gypsyroguescholar:

I am courageous and humble, and possess the patience and fortitude I need to identify and acquire a great job that allows me to be of service and grow, and that pays a fair wage based on my experience.

Still this.


Jan 7

Penless

Broken nib nit pit point

My last Extra Fine Sharpie

It’s dead. I killed it.

Stabbed it.

I put it to death.

I wrote nothing and nonsense into the page and then the pen broke in my hand. 

The last passage I copied was:

“We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other” Hemingway (A Moveable Feast, 1964)

I wrote nothing and nonsense into the page and then the pen broke in my hand. 

The last wounds wrought upon the paper, by the empty pen were: “muscle on.”


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