imagine!
It’s at this time of year – in the dead of winter, buried by snow – that my children start talking about summer. They start formulating plans about when to come. The first mention I heard was June. June? Will the lake even be unfrozen by then? This is my perspective as someone who can’t […]
separate worlds
Some things you like to talk about. Other things, not so much. I would say Lyme lands in the second category. But as a child, I was used to these two categories. Not for uncomfortable diseases, but for “society”. My father was from the south. Southern women did not run cow farms. My mother was […]
never just black and white?
Wrong. It’s winter. It’s much warmer than usual. It was just colder than usual. My Lyme hurts now. My Lyme doesn’t hurt now. The nights are very dark. The days are brilliant with the snow reflection. Peaches is sinking into powder or skating across ice. Long ago, when I first bought this house, the only […]
gone, then back !
I’m thinking of little Mischa, now 8 months old, all bundled up in her winter cocoon which looks like a round baby sleeping bag – deep and warm. She’s lying in her stroller, nicely tucked in, protected from wind and snow by a seethrough plastic cover. She can see out, but she’s snug and warm […]
space
I have this pressured feeling at this time of year: many things need to get done as the days get shorter and feel less light/darker. There is pressure in the business that I’m now part of, there’s pressure to do this or that for the weather, and the holidays. That end of the year ramp. […]
this place
When my first child was born, I was living in Brookline, MA. We had no yard. I wanted one – I had grown up in the country with acres to explore. In my childhood in Virginia, when we’d go horseback riding, we could be out for an 8 mile loop: our land then the city […]
fairy tale
When I was a child, I listened to my mother read fairy tale after fairy tale to me and my siblings. Every chlld Of course this led to dreams of a fairy tale wedding. Was that true for you, too? In early October last year, I traveled to Algeria. And, believe me, the wedding felt […]
southern woman
WOW! No place to park! I’m heading down the highway with my blinker on to turn into the 4- 5 vehicle gravel pull off when I realize its fully occupied: by 2 HUGE trucks. They are parked across the area, taking up the whole space. Why? For some reason, I thought it might be to […]
early November
I found a mouse in my toilet. When I called the pest company, I asked, how can that be? She mentioned vents or doors or pipes as access. But this is the far end of the house. There are no doors to the outside, no pipes, or vents to invite creatures in… (?) It must […]
who am I?
Thursday: Growing up in a family of 6, it wasn’t a question of who you were. That was said and done for you. I was #3. I was the one who was easygoing. Which basicly meant, I didn’t stir the pot. I hid. By being good. I’ve mentioned my problem eyes, and the transformative operation […]
