Claire is 13 today. Hurricane Sandy is barreling towards the coast. School is closed. The university too. I was circling around the house, not anxious, just circling. inside, not outside. Claire said, What do you think you’re supposed to be […]
The up-shot of taking Chewy, the big eared dog, out for his early morning ablutions, is that I get to step into the morning light, the way it sweeps across the yard in ribbons, lighting up leaves, the tips of trees, landing […]
Eyes opened at 5:23 am = instant thrumming of anxiety monkey mind. call the woman at school can i make it to claire’s meet monday is my late class day is today the day i take dad to eye doctor […]
We have our brush and colors – paint Paradise and in we go. – Nikos Kazantazakis We find in our experiences and our daily reveries just what we anticipate. If we greet the day wearing a smile, confident that we […]
some thoughts on motherhood, marriage, learning to love my own face in the mirror, wondering about the lady in the tangerine coat in the bean aisle at the market…the usual suspects. I’ve written about marriage plenty. journals packed with marriage-mania, […]