Return of the Native

After 12 years in Los Angeles, I've returned to the Midwest. Weirdness is bound to ensue.

[pennyrelentless]

Now that I'm done reading for work, I'm finally cracking this; it's a lovely book - a bit Joyce-like in it's capture of thoughts dancing from mundane to profound-an ultimate comment on the similarity of the two. "It's not so easy writing about nothing," she begins. Alas, nothing is everything. #pattismith #mtrain #bookshelf #reader

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@steelpantherkicksass - dudes your Indianapolis crowd is a proverbial sausage fest - a bona fide cock forest. Sunset strip this is not! #cockforest #sausagefest #steelpanther #nochicksbutouroldasses

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Cat sitting on my ass while I lie on my stomach staring at my phone. #technology #myassisacatpedestal #cats #larrythecat

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My Mom - looking like a modern day teenager. #68yearsold #textinglikeachamp #mein27years #smartphone #mom

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Pat Martino #jazz #guitar #patmartino #jazzkitchen #indianapolis

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Steve the cat in profile #catsofinstagram #cats #catsnamedsteve #stevethecat #steve

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Larry the cat in the sunspot. #catsofinstagram #cats #tomcats #tabbycat #catsnamedlarry #larry

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First snow. #winter #backyard #Indianapolis

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Sunset on a cloudy day #Indianapolis #fall #parkinglot #traderspoint #sunset #sky (at Tom+Chee Traders Point)

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Death of a cat toy. #carnage #catsarekillers #catsofinstagram

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Improvising over the outro of The Police's Synchronicity ii. #femaleguitarist #telecaster #andysummers #guitarist #iusedtobeapunkrocker #guitargirl #pennyrelentless

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The fog comes - on little cat feet - It sits looking - over harbour and city - on silent haunches - And then moves on. #catsofinstagram #cats #theeruditecat #catpoetry #stevethecatphd

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JL Records Lafayette, IN - not many places like this left - but they still feel like home. #recordstore #payformusic #buymusic (at JL Records)

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Fire and ice #jazz #lastcall #latenights #becausethenight

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Chrissie Hynde is one of the original badasses. I stand strongly behind her right to own HER experience however she wants; and I can't wait to read this. #chrissiehynde #brassinpocket #imgonnamakeyousee #sospecial

[natgeofound]

An Egyptian belly dancer performs for tourists in a nightclub in Cairo, 1972. Photograph by Winfield Parks, National Geographic Creative

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Tis the season! #Halloween #October #deathbecomesher #skull #grimreaper