Tidbits

Bean said, “Mama, why do we wake up instead of down?” * My spine feels looser after yoga. I had fun, watching him, hearing his breath, moving through the sun salute. * We bought pfeffernusse cookies today; a holiday tradition from my childhood. * Snow is falling in fat, wet flakes outside. * UPDATED: My [...]

A positive counterbalance

It’s the end of a week off and I feel at once relaxed and utterly frantic. I keep trying to remind myself not to let amorphous anxiety paint the backdrop for the entire day, and to instead pinpoint the underlying fear that causes angst to spread like a dark stain over calmer moments. This week [...]

Hello winter

I’ve blinked and it’s winter; the lush carpet of crumpled brown and yellow leaves is obscured by downy blanket of white. I sit at the kitchen counter, my back to the wood stove, watching snowflakes drift to the ground. My mind slips into a reverie, tracing the twirling track of individual snowflakes as they fall; [...]

Daily chatter it is, then!

Happy Thanksgiving! Bean was sick with the stomach flu last night. All over everything. He’s better today, but we’re all a little delerious, and are getting ready to turn in for a nap. Rain is falling steadily and the air is heavy with fog. Brett Dennon is playing; the stove is toasty. Nap time it [...]

I failed NaBloPoMo

I didn’t even mean to. I simply forgot to write yesterday–amidst snow falling and my father-in-law’s birthday, and conferences at work and, well, life. Now I’m torn. I can either revert to my pensive ever-two-days posts, or continue to bombard you with daily chatter. Tweet