i love kate.

she can dance circles around spirits
she can pierce your armor with her laughter
she can comfort and enlighten
she can see your shiny insides
she can keep her graceful stride through any terrain
she can figure it out and get it done

she is tough and sweet
she is very serious and totally silly
she is as soft and sharp as she wants to be
she is a no bullshit sharp-shooting
branch-swinging swashbuckling
star-throwing goddess of a woman

"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty."

I am drunk in LaPaz and typing on a Spanish keyboard but knowing that k8 is playing with stripey socks in the real world (as opposed to this world of swimming, fishing, burning things and drinking) makes me pretty happy. Thanks for being out there and having your little light on.

I´m gonna go look for fun things I don´t understand now and be back to regale you with tales in a couple weeks. Cover the boys ears (no, not THAT boy, he´s just fine with the stories....the other one).

What comes to mind when I think of k8?

Tough shit.
It's not just what she's not afraid to tell you - or anybody else who needs to hear it.
It's what she is.

k8 rawks!

i am grateful to know this warm, caring, giving woman.

it's ironic that she wishes she could be a fish, a lion, a pirate, and wonder woman, because i've seen her be all of these.

you are amazing and i look forward to many more good times.

hugs - kisses- dancing - cuddles - drinks - and foot rubs!!

peas -j

K8 has got a step of her own, radical in her delight
and softly breathing into the night.
K8, oh floating traveler of the auspicious wanderlust.
The first time I met K8 i knew I was re-meeting an old friend.
I already knew her, and she was definitely someone to know.
K8 treads the diamond edge. Half guided angel, half scientismic
mystic. When I'm around K8 I feel allied, understood and
I can reach a hand out and get pulled from the gutter or
assisted into heaven.

Like pools from distant oceans her eyes remind you that the water is just benieth
your feet, all you gotta do is stamp down to make a splash, or jump to
avoid a puddle.
K8 is the good time combatant yet doesn't mistake happiness for
enlightenment.
Above all K8 is my friend and ally and co-conspirator in this game
of bouncy balls.

Thanks for taking this walk with me k8~!
I love you.

xoxo
spirit monkey

New things about K8 come to light constantly. How fascinating is it to discover fresh flowers springing up through some practical application? That's K8. There's never enough time to talk with this one -- she is her own tornado landing on her own wicked witch and taking off with her own shoes. Wow.

This woman is an anchor, a great love, a friend.

One of the strong ones with a long shelf life, good thing since tomorrow she'll be older. In celebration of this honor of age here is a gift for you.... I'm gonna tell you what I really think.

K8~
I respect your choices as a mother & I really consider your feedback, if i want to play/ cry /celebrate or grieve I want you by my side. When I need a drink or breakfast, directions or adventure you always seem to be there.Never has there been a time I needed help and you weren't there, and I've never heard an excuse for not showing up <not even a good one>. You are that simple dress cut from exquisite fabric, you are one courageous, creative, dedicated, illuminated, precious woman!

So for all that you do and all you have been, for all that you are or will be someday, I celebrate your birthday from oh so far away!

k8 scares me. she scares me because i really don't know her all that well. she scares me because i think she's smarter than i am, stronger than i am, has more energy than i do, cares more about the right things than i do, and moves with a swiftness and dedication usually reserved for the high octane adrenaline rush of a fight to survive response. which is to say, i'm glad to be on her team when the chips are down.

she is an infectious bout of laughter,
a serious moment of reflection,
a single tear drop in silence...

she is beauty, creativity, mischief, and chaos all wrapped up in one package.
it never occurs to me how often i see k8 because i know that when i do, it will always be quality- whether it is a sit down conversation or just in passing at a gathering.
she makes me smile, she makes me giggle, and she makes me feel blessed to know her.

mmmmm.

what can you say about this mama? she da mama.

i feel valued and cared for in her presence. she takes care of her peeps, and just about everything else under the sun. most of all her little person, aiden. he's one smart kid - brilliant, pretty much - and deserves the best. well, k8's it.

she is amazing at showing up. just when you need it. and she doesn't even mind if you're a hippy. (in fact, i think she's partial :) thank goodness!

she's a talented artist, that is so quick on the draw, she'll flip out the most bitchen flier for you in a couple minutes. this girl thinks on her feet.

not to mention, she'll organize your event, make you a sweet music mix, or breakfast, create for you a sweet ass magazine, make you wander around for the whole day with her inspiring, provocative blog post in your head, or any number of great or small endeavors she's faced with. all this with a cool head, a wink and a smirk, and she'll undoubtedly top it all off with an aptly witty and insightful comment. all this while you're sittin there with a hangover, wondering how to tie your own shoes. (she'll fix your hangover too, rest assured.)

but, well... this is not exactly what i'm trying to get at. it's really more about the gigantic heart she keeps hidden in her slender frame. that thing is gargantuan! omg. ...she is an honest and compassionate reflection, a constant witness, with an accepting, knowing gaze. her smile is a comfort i'm glad to know, and i always feel welcome when i'm around her.

thanks for coming into my life, dude. cowgirl boots and all, i'm pretty psyched.

broken toilets, bionic shoulders, "hide, wink, stick out tongue," bink's, and the dislike of capital letters.

i've known k8 for a little while.

without a doubt, in my very small humble opinion, one of thee most exceptional humans that i am aware of that walk the planet. bar none.

k8 rocks. and i'm pretty sure that we (the people) love her madly.

lovely lady of the night, day, and that place right before dawn. i think on some twin planet you are the hot prime minister of function and i am the person in a sexy lil' bidnez suit who brings you coffee. put quite simply, i think you're the bees knees. i trust you with my heart and crisis. you are a good friend. and fuck if you don't do some good supportin'!!! love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! need an extra shot of espresso?

I do not know this person as well as I would like to. But that has never stopped me from shooting my mouth off previously and it shouldn't at this point, either. K8 is, in my experience, divine and down-to-earth; rigid in her joy and flexible in her reality; open to just about anything and yet somehow happily narrow in her views on how today is going to happen.

Her certainty provides an exact moral compass in a world gone mad. I like that.

"This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place" - D. Bowie

you want me to lasso the moon mary?
my adoration is beyond mere words... this woman does things with words that is, other...
i am taken by the fact that she declares she can drink bourbon till the sun comes up and still do what needs to be done... $%#!@% ... a mother and a muse... i wanna see those jazz hands at the crack of burn...
i'll help ya see stars someday...