there’s a place for us
being happy and twenty-two in davis in spring feels like forever ago. never going to get over you.
Category Archives: exchange
surreal → unreal
Got the Vivitar’s first roll of film developed last weekend. I was excited to see how the snaps turned out, but also knew that it would be the last tie-up of the Davis experience. It stings a little to know that these views through the lens are the last ones I’ll have for a long […]
La Bonne Soupe Café, Sacramento
Daytime jaunts to Sacramento from Davis were one of the best things ever, just like this lovely little French cafe in downtown Sacramento on 8th street. Late night supper pangs made me think of the simple, but superb lunch I had here with Anna – warm brie and prosciutto, and french garlic sausage sandwiches, with […]
hold me without touch, keep me without chains
When I have a spare moment, I close my eyes and trace the bicycle route from my apartment to campus. Coming back to this last photograph scares me because my mental pictures will resemble this one day and clamour for clarity. I want to finish unpacking, to do research for my formless thesis, to keep […]
Countdown T minus 4
Today: after a quick crepe lunch with Jesse, Anna and I went to North Davis to look at her new apartment and pay a visit to CVS. Standing in the beauty aisles and sighing at our indecisiveness is a ritual I will sorely miss. I also finally went to the Dollar Tree, perhaps four months […]
Journeys
In the car, on the train. Oregon and nameless views. It’s so many miles and so long since I’ve left you Don’t even know what I’ll find when I get to you But suddenly now, I know where I belong It’s many hundred miles and it won’t be long – Train Song, Vashti Bunyan/Feist & […]
Nothing new is sweeter than with you
1. The view at lunch today, Burgers & Brew. There are flowers and leaves all over Davis now. Too beautiful to leave behind. My flight is in exactly one week and I’m not sure I know how to feel about going home. Right now I mostly feel alive but tired, young but very old. Being […]
Thoughts from the Coast Starlight
Two hours ago we were still flying down the I-5, 15 miles over the speed limit, my hands clammy at the thought of missing my train ride home. When we finally get to the station, the Coast Starlight superliner is waiting and we run like fury to the coach car. By the time the effects […]
goodbye for now!
Getting packed and ready to fly out to Boston to meet two of my favourite people! Here are some pictures from the week.. This past week, I’ve: #1 Fallen in love with this magical device. I miss the feel of paper, but the convenience of this can’t be beat. As someone who likes to read […]
SPRING!!
When these trees started to bloom, I rushed out and took a bajillion pictures of their delicate little buds. California doesn’t have much of a winter by any standard, but it’s been nice to see the trees of this town erupt into sprays of white, yellow, purple and pink blooms. It definitely makes the (increasingly […]
