Haiku #352 - Badass Women: Yvette

Yvette is an actress, producer, and curator of this awesome hug blog!

one hug ev'ry day
or maybe six or seven
makes it all better

Haiku #351 - Badass Women: Sally Ride

sally ride rode far
to the stars and back again
inspired girls like me

Haiku #350 - Badass Women: Cherie

Cherie, practicing one of her many talents

stage manage, play drums

take pics, make a mean cocktail

she can do it all

Haiku #349 - Badass Women: Jenny

actress, now writer
life is full of surprises
following your bliss

Haiku #348 - Badass Women: Abby

Please check out my friend Abby's fitness blog (links below) - she's an inspiration!

if she can, you can
she conquers illness, grad school
now go out and run!

Haiku #347 - Badass Women: Unknown

smiles into the wind

waiting for the bus to come

nothing keeps her down

I don't know who this lady was (so yes, this is kind of a voyeur pic), but her outfit caught my eye, and her free-spirited attitude. We exchanged a smile through the window as I ate my soup, and a couple minutes later, she and her silver boots climbed aboard the bus to whatever adventure awaited her next. I hope I'm as awesome as she when I'm her age.

Haiku #346 - Badass Women: Nat

Nat's and my iconic arm-wrestling moment from Nat & Kat's Adventures with the Time-Traveling Piano

collaborator

we climb mountains on deadline

fire under my ass

Haiku #345 - Badass Women: Grandma

help the war effort
physical therapy school
she sold her cornet

Haiku #344 - Badass Women: Christina

Christina and me geeking out over earthquakes in San Jose while we were on tour last year 

she's often quiet

but if you know her, you know

she has a big voice

Haiku #343 - Badass Women: Sarah

At our high school graduation with our buddy Dustin
Sarah's & my friendship predates digital photos, but I was dismayed to find that this is the only one of us of which I have a digital copy!
Need to document our next visit... 

been counting on her

since 1987

she's one you can trust

Haiku #342 - Badass Women: Tamara

making a gingerbread house w/ big sister Tamara (right)

she stands out a bit

a tall blond woman speaking

fluent Japanese

Haiku #341 - Badass Women: Sarah Elizabeth Foster

Joline, left, and Sarah, right, in front of Sarah's Wall o' Powerful Women
We recorded Joline singing one of Sarah's songs in her studio

recording music

in a studio filled with

powerful women

Sarah has a 100 song project to inspire her next album - check it out here!

Haiku #340 - Badass Women: Mom

Mom, wearing my nephew's Gryffindor scarf at Christmas

logodaedalist

keeps the plates and words spinning

big words and small plates

Haiku #339 - Badass Women: Erin

My college best friend, Erin, is simultaneously taking on the challenges of law school and motherhood.

to say at week's end

"I've given it all I've got"

that's satisfaction

Haiku #338 - So Simple, So True

Concluding February's love-themed haiku...

hang onto these words:
do not lose your faith in love
so simple, so true*

*tonight's haiku is in honor of/stolen from a song I really like by a band I really like, the Spring Standards. It's one of my go-to songs for melancholy days; I appreciate that it doesn't try to explain or reassure - just: don't lose faith. 

I also really like this song by the Spring Standards. The lyrics, esp the 2nd verse- internal rhymes and faint blasphemy!? Go listen, and buy their CDs so they can keep doing what they do, and I can catch them on tour sometime (I'm bummed I have a rehearsal scheduled during their one NYC gig this spring...)!