Gratitude

I have learned this year how to give thanks for small things. For the time between waking and getting up, when Bean looks out the window and I replay fragments of dreams. For the seven sips of coffee with milk and sugar in the morning with the “What’s News” section of the Wall Street Journal. [...]

We need…

We’re making a run for it: leaving for Princeton early to visit DH’s parents–TOMORROW instead of on Wednesday. We need a break: from house hunting, from teething, from early darkness in our too-small apartment, from neighbors. We need some time alone—together. We need some time to poke through shops for presents, to linger over coffee [...]

Small good things

I accomplished something nearly impossible today: I found a pair of jeans that fit my silly long legs! I bought my first pomegranate of the season, and type with bright red juice staining my cuticles. I went for a run in the cold for the first time all week. I’ve missed it. My body thrives [...]

First frost

Walking home I glanced skyward, and way, way up was the biggest V of geese I’ve ever seen, flying silently, deliberately South against a backdrop of grey. I stood still in the parking lot of the market, just watching them. People around me gave me looks. I couldn’t help but think:how small we are, bustling [...]

Trying to let it happen

We put an offer on the house today, and I’m wishing I could do like my cat: curl up, put my tail over my nose and sleep off the anxiety. Instead I try to gather my scattered self by drinking many cups of berry tea and sketching. After we signed all the paper work and [...]