September 2011
2 posts
August 2011
6 posts
When it comes to novels, fantasy is the rule, not... →
Lev Grossman: Respect the SF/F, please.
July 2011
5 posts
June 2011
2 posts
May 2011
1 post
For my friend Frank, who reminded me of a...
April 2011
17 posts
Watch“Saraté” with Eva: Eva has become well-practiced in a martial art she calls Saraté.” Here, she offers a class for your benefit.
Two Poems by Wendell Berry, on Earth Day
The Peace Of Wild Things
When despair grows in me and I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water....
March 2011
1 post
February 2011
3 posts
January 2011
3 posts
December 2010
1 post
What Should a 4-Year-Old Know? →
November 2010
1 post
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
8 posts
Day 29, The 30 Day Tumblr Challenge--Hopes,...
Until fifteen minutes ago, my hope was for power to be restored to our house. Having been rewarded, I can now ponder the next, oh say, 365 days.
Tomorrow is Eva’s birthday party, and Monday is her 4th birthday, for real. After that…
Hopes—Eva’s new school will help her grow as a person; David and I will find time and energy to work more on our house so we can sell it,...
Day 28, The 30 Day Tumblr Challenge, This Year--In...
I’ve decided to take a somewhat easy way out on this topic. Since a year has twelve months, I’ll blog about twelve things in my life since January. I’ll be as random as I can, which is hard for me.
1. I spent at least an hour each week watching Eva and ten to twelve other little girls learn a bit of ballet and tap and gymnastics. Little girls dancing and tumbling in a group have...
Day 27, The 30 Day Tumblr Challenge, This...
September, Nine Days In, Mostly Sunny
Coffee and conversation with parents and retired teachers at Eva’s new school. I left caffeinated and illuminated.
A dressing room full of low quality clothes that made me feel like a low quality person. I left with nothing, which felt good and bad at the same time.
Hard Knox Pizza with Honor and baby. I helped Cal take his bottle. Honor and I shared...
Day 26, The 30 Day Tumblr Challenge, Your Week--In...
Sunday, I picnicked at an overlook, shopped at Dollar General, and tubed the lower Ocoee, all before the family reunion, which involved several hula hoops and roasting marshmallows with Eva and the other kids.
Monday, I said goodbye to family, drove 411 up from Benton, and ate sushi and hibachi at Little Tokyo. (Eva used her training chopsticks and practiced teaching waitresses about them.)
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Day 25, The 30 Day Tumblr Challenge, Your Day--In...
iPhone harp, awake, awake
Snooze once
Snooze twice
And snooze again
“Mommy!”
Blue jeans up and over Bug
Peasant shirt, pony tail
Krispies, Froot Loops, mixed in milk
“Mommy, now can I have more?”
Pasta, parmesan, for me
Guilt, guilt, guilt, guilt
David, Eva, at the door
Hugs, kisses, waves goodbye
Shower, dress, Chapman Highway
At the dentist
Looks good
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