Happy Halloween
Month: October 2010
October Table
Claire’s Pocket
Claire’s Pocket Purple jack blue marble crumpled tissue marker top white ribbon piece of cracker baby gorilla Belle’s yellow slipper a small stone a withered dandelion a tiny blue book covered with stars a note to grandma an invitation to […]
Caught By Surprise
Part 1 The *tugging started at noon. They had stopped for a bite to eat at the Yankee Doodle Diner, newly renovated. It was crowded with old people. He ordered coffee, toast, eggs over easy, juice. She had pancakes and orange […]
This Gazing Thing
There’s so much I want to say about this baby, Quinn Claire. Like how I felt holding her, amazingly happy, or before that, how I felt driving on Rt. 2 past my alma mater, Goddard College, joyful, then on to […]
Uniquely Yours
TRY: Seeing your life this very day as a journey and as an adventure. Where are you going? What are you seeking? Where are you now? What stage of the journey have you come to? If your life were a […]
Dropping Like Feathers
Kerry wrote, “Enjoy re-nesting and making sense of it all.” Re-nesting = take Claire to bus stop, make oatmeal, kiss Michael goodbye, do laundry, sweep the kitchen floor, worry, watch red and yellow leaves trickle to the ground, dropping like […]
For My Girls
Claire and I were driving home from her friend’s birthday party when we pulled up behind two guys on motorcycles at a red light. One was wearing a leather jacket with writing down the back; his own personal bumper sticker. Maybe […]
My Own Bed
Which way should I go? Home. I am stuffed with stories and overflowing with gratitude, but too crazy tired to do anything but feel the deep joy of my own bed. Thanks for staying with me on this being alive road trip. […]
Today’s Multiple Choice Question
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night follows day, thou ‘canst not then be false to any man.” -William Shakespeare Shakespeare before dawn? Go figure. But I’m wrestling with strong feelings about this retreat experience. Feeling reactive to […]