Follow Your Weird
Claire said, “When I grow up I want to be myself.” What a fantastic career choice! When I was in 5th grade it was all about being a teacher, or accountant, or astronaut. You had to pick something, then become […]
Month: August 2010
Shared Blessings
Go ahead, call me the Turkey Lady. They keep showing up. Like family. So, I don’t know what Owen was thinking when this pair strolled by the back door. He watched them crisscrossing in the grass, which way should we […]
Gone Fishing
Hydrangeas
Some Day
We met Lewis (0n the left) at the Martz bus station @ 7:30 this morning. Lewis showed up for work @ 3:40 am because the first bus comes through @ 4 am. Lewis used to drive a bus but his […]
Animal Crackers
Read this quote, (from Mom’s book of daily meditations), while Animal Crackers In My Soup, a song made famous by Shirley Temple, came on the swinging juke box in my head. Shirley Temple? Honestly, who’s next? Liberace? To live wholeheartedly, […]
The Red Apron
I thought, I’ll listen to “All Things Considered” on NPR tonight. I thought, this is what grown-ups do. I’ll listen to the news and see what’s going on in the world. I’ll chop garlic for the beans and cut thin […]
A Nice, Kind Boy
Today is a sorting and skimming through old journals day, which feels about right on this fall-ish August afternoon. There’s a hint of something in the air. In one, big book I found pressed leaves, faded red and yellow. And […]
Fence Sitting
I never would’ve seen these beauties if I hadn’t backed the car into the driveway today (which I rarely do.) There they were in the misty rain… Turkeys sitting on the fence in the middle of the day. I’ve been […]
Claire’s Girl #1
sway.