These are things that happen

These are things that happen when I circle back into this present that is mine: sunburn on unaccustomed cheeks; blisters on my palms after an afternoon in leather gloves raking lawn debris; the unexpected delirium of forsythia and daffodils; bumblebees; wet marks on my knees from kneeling to look among the clover. I cannot help [...]

tonight

“Mommy,” he says, sitting up like a small bird in his top bunk, “I just have the feeling stuck in my head that the lightening can strike and kill me. “ I can’t see his eyes, but I know they’re huge; red rimmed from allergies, lashes so long they get crisscrossed when he rubs them. [...]

what it’s like :: midweek

The day slips by outside. Dark to light, then light to dark: a filigree of shadows on the windowsill, a spattering of rain on the outside of the glass. I spend the day mostly in doors, watching the world from windows, focused, determined, tired, anxious, triumphant, moody, and delighted at once. I look toward the [...]

hello, sunday

Hello rain and wind and skies torn like shreds of cotton. Hello blue and green, poplar pollen and birch catkins. Hello little boys playing with friends in the sandbox. Hello deadlines. Oh yes. Deadlines. On them like honey butter on toast today. Still, I wanted to drop in + share a few things I’ve stumbled [...]

Right now

Between now and the end of the semester is a complex choreography of dividing every hour into fractions. There is persistence, determination, and an unavoidable lack of sleep. Between now and the end of the semester there is a book deadline: the revised chapter titles; and another chapter. I dream in type. I dream the [...]