Family

This is one of my new favorite photos.
When I look at it, I get a little veclempt. I find it hard to believe that all these people lived inside me for 9 months before joining the world, that they all came from within me – my being.  It’s a little out of focus, and grainy, and [...]

Back at last…

Seriously, I am never, ever moving again.
 Never.
 I am going to grow old and die in this house because quite simply, I don’t think I could survive another move. Granted, there has been a lot more going on than just the move, but nevertheless, I have been mentally and physically exhausted.
It started even before we left the [...]

Deconstruction

It’s official.
Having signed off on the rest of our lives at the lawyers, we are now the proud owners of a new home. Possession and move will take place this weekend, so of course, I’ve been packing and cleaning like mad over the last couple of weeks, and now that we are in the home [...]

My eldest son turns 16 today… ( gee I feel old again)

( the usual Bits and Bites is being pre-empted by pastry making and pie baking- come back tomorrow for a late issue)
Even though I’m getting pretty close to 40, I never really feel old. At least not on a daily basis, but rather at odd moments throughout the year.
Like when the checkout boy calls me [...]

Aftermath

While in my kitchen Wednesday, washing dishes, I looked out into my backyard and saw a dandelion at least one foot tall, wagging it’s jaunty yellow head madly about in the wind.
Where the hell did that come from, I wondered. I honestly hadn’t noticed it before and I spend a good portion of the day in [...]

Sometimes, there are no happy endings.

Her name was Gerda.
Gerda was a hard-talking, cigarette-puffing, trucker swearing kind of gal. What you saw was  exactly what you got, and if she didn’t like you, you would hear about it pretty damn fast.  She would straighten up and look you right in the eye and size you up to see what you were made of. [...]

Sometimes being a mom is the hardest job of all

Over the years, I ‘ve worked in a variety of fields.
While my teens were small tots, I owned and operated a landscape design company in Richmond so that I could make my own schedule. I did several large commercial jobs, but focused primarily on creating backyard retreats for residential clients, and this really was my forte. Designing [...]

Pablo Neruda. Sonnet 17 from Neruda’s 100 Love Sonnets

Forget politics for a moment. Let’s lighten it up for a brief moment…
The low slant of  early evening sunbeams twinkle through the imagined galaxies of dust motes dancing in the air of my bedroom. Why, I do not know, this brings to mind this sonnet written by Pablo Neruda. A poem of such  quiet,unfettered passion and [...]

Beginnings

Standing in the back of the store in a row with all the other mothers, I waited patiently for my daughters reaction, unseen as she was behind the doors of the change room.
” Nope. Not happening, Mom.” 
I slowly exhaled and looked over at the woman beside me, also parent to a graduating young woman who [...]

Don’t wait for your expiry date to run out… Read this account from a fellow blogger and then go live a little…

From www.swimupstreamlife.com, the site that helps me keep my head above water when I feel like I’m going it alone…in the opposite direction.
Thursday, February 26, 2009

4 months to live.

Today, I wanted to share a personal story. I hope you have the time to read it and think about how much you enjoy your life right [...]