pie season
Yesterday, my friend invited me to stay for oolong tea while our children had an old-fashioned play-date. I felt inspired to bake a pie in celebration of friendship. It is actually more of a tart, but...
View Articleremembering May 8th, 2000
Sometimes a purchased gift just isn’t enough to show how much you love someone … so I made this painting/collage for Dave’s anniversary present. Embedded in the piece is my bluets poem and, if you look...
View Articleoh no, i’ve said too much
That’s me in the corner … lyrics from R.E.M.: Oh, life is bigger It’s bigger than you And you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no, I’ve said too much I set it up...
View ArticleHave you done your chores yet?
Today my mother gave me some good advice. She said, “If you no longer have any goals, then do your chores.” There are always chores to be done. But this does beg the question …
View Articlehang in there
“What do you think a human being is?” [Wallace] Shawn asks in The Fever. “A human being happens to be an unprotected little wriggling creature . . . without a shell or a hide or even any fur, just...
View ArticleLuna!
I just bought a new guitar for myself for my birthday and I sometimes wish I had chosen to be a musician for life rather than a runner for life. Perhaps there’s still time to play.
View Articlethank you for the music!
My daughters sang this, a capella, in the backseat on the way to school today: I’m nothing special, in fact I’m a bit of a bore If I tell a joke, you’ve probably heard it before But I have a talent, a...
View Articlean amazing coach
I just heard an uplifting story this morning on a trail run with my good friend, so I thought I’d break my blogging silence and share. My friend told me she was at her son’s middle school conference...
View ArticleDH Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence – The Ship of Death I Now it is autumn and the falling fruit and the long journey towards oblivion. The apples falling like great drops of dew to bruise themselves an exit from...
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