Me Likey

"It's very distracting, a loved person, and makes the planet managable. The planet, which is so large and lonely and blue, and also hurtling through dark empty space. All of which you can feel when you are alone.

I'm not un whole. I am not half a person. But being with someone is energizing and relaxing, the opposite of coffee. It organizes me. The doubleness amplifies things, but in a way called softening.

I love having a boyfriend. Men are not like cars or pets-the opposite. But having a man in one's life is like having a car in America-easier. A home without a man in it? It gets a little museum-ish. Not bad. Beautiful, and very, very still. Stewarded only by women, objects, life, can get weird to the touch, overly pristine."

-Heather Selles