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DALLAS. OH. MY.

In confessions, home, kat parr, travel on 6 June 2010 with 5 comments

I ran away, I admit it.
This weekend in Austin is Queerbomb, Gay Pride, etcetera dance parties and parades and debauchery. Usually I’m an eager participant; not this time. I ran away. I admit it.
Instead I am in Dallas, Texas. It is inching towards 100 degrees – it will go higher still – and the sky [...]

SETTLING IN

In home, kat parr, spaces on 20 March 2010 with no comments

I’ve been back a full week now. The bags are unpacked, laundry’s done. I even went to the grocery store. That was a bit of a mistake — in my excitement to eat home-cooked meals again I indulged my every whim at Whole Foods and therefore obscenely overspent on everything from butter to salad to [...]

NO SLEEP IN SAVANNAH

In design, gradschool, home, kat parr, spaces, travel on 8 March 2010 with no comments

There are times when your mind goes in wonderful directions; other times, less so.
I awoke in the wee hours of morning gripped by an awful sense of dread and the image of a dead deer flickering through my head like an old film reel. The deer I had actually seen earlier in the day on [...]

ESPRESSO & LEATHER

In flickr, home, kat parr, motorcycle on 31 January 2010 with 2 comments

Espresso and cream at my red kitchen table at 7 pm. I’d say it was going to be “one of those nights” but I don’t actually know what I’m doing tonight. I felt like an espresso, I made an espresso.
Everyone’s home has a center. For me, it’s this red kitchen table. I’ve had it for [...]