flight 932 landed in germany around 6:30 am my time i think.i was awake. i left them at the airport last night after the 4-year old says: "you're just going to leave us here? why???"it was a hard goodbye.losing a kindred spirit will do that.see...
Busy, Busy Busy
June 22, 2010 • busy, Dory and Marlin, Evan, friends, lists, Sara
Not too much has changed since my last post. I'm still living by lists and adding to them all the time so I don't forget anything. I've crossed a few things off but added more. I'm running from one thing to another and in between making a lots of phone...
Listy, Listy Times.
June 16, 2010 • busy, Jeff and Ashlyn, lists, thinking out loud
Did you know that in Spanish, one word for "ready" or "prepared" is Listo or Lista? So, if I'm all ready for something, I can say Estoy lista. I'm ready. I love connections between languages like that, and I like to think that our word "list" and...
The Harvest Begins
June 15, 2010 • cooking, garden
Even though I've been using herbs for several weeks, tonight I got the first real food out of the garden. I found my first 10 greenbeans with probably 40 that will be ready in a day or two. I also harvested the first of the chard that grew as volunteers...
Little Hands, Uneven Stitches and Strawberry Jam
June 10, 2010 • friends, knitting, thinking out loud
This is the summer of friends leaving. The far away kind of leaving. I always take it hard when friends move away, because it is right that I feel the slightly jagged edges of the missing pieces in my life. Then life goes on and we settle into new...
Monday
June 7, 2010 • empty nest, family, thinking out loud
The routine is stepping down a notch today and there is change in the air. Big change. The more I sit and write and edit and think, the more tender I'm feeling on this most ordinary of Monday mornings. Such is the meaning of the mundane in the life of...
One that Mr. Handey Could Have Written Himself
June 5, 2010
Sometimes, when you are out running, You will fall on your faceAnd your knees and your wrists And it will hurt really badAnd you will think, "Wait. I hate running right now. Why did I leave my house?"
Yeah. This happened to me today. Of course....
Where is Jack Handey When I Need Him?
June 3, 2010
Yes, it's time for Deep Thoughts, but these are really deep, not stupidly entertaining, thus the plea for Jack to rescue me. But now you know, so expect no chuckles here.
But here's the story. A couple of days ago, I found this on one of my favorite...
Duh Moment
June 2, 2010
This made it to my inbox today and I have been thinking about it all day long. The minute we say something is difficult we make an arbitrary judgment on the task. Instead of obsessing over how difficult or easy it is, just do it. Focus on the result...
The Gravity of Life (and Roller Coasters)
June 1, 2010
Tonight Sam went from an ending to a beginning in one step.He was a senior, finished, at the apex of one of the swooping ups of the roller-coaster of life.(I know, it is one of my favorite metaphors.)For him, everything is visible at this moment, and...
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