I hope at least SOME of my (2? 3?) readers pick up on the quote below. That was the point of the post. Drunken man crossing an icy street. Midnight in early January, 1994, Princeton, New Jersey, anyone? One funny detail is that I had to tell my grandparents the real story before our wedding [...]
“It’s like watching a drunken man cross an icy street” Pretty much how I feel like I go through life. Aaron Sorkin speaks the truth. If I take this Providence job I’ll have a lot of time in the car to have reactions to music. Tonight could not stop thinking about Kennedy after hearing “Leather [...]
providence 3. a manifestation of divine care or direction …. it’s looking good. Major life changes ahead. Stay tuned. No letter in hand yet. Am trying to listen to the universe and let providence take over. Hard for me, who prefers to manhandle the universe. As per Tom Robbins: “You’re better equipped for this world [...]
Am certainly making up for my week of silence today.This evening’s sunset was just plain glorious. I tried to take a picture but it didn’t come out well. Words will have to do. This is the time of year when the sunsets are particularly stunning, I think, and also painfully bittersweet. The days are short, [...]
Finished Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett last week. What a breathtaking, elegiac testament to a once-in-a-lifetime friendship. I was deeply moved. A few passages really struck me: “It’s true,” she said, leaning her head on my shoulder. “It’s your blessing and your curse. You’re always going to be fine.” “We were all better off [...]
Now it’s Daddy’s turn under the blog microscope. I’ve written so much about matrilineage and mothers and daughters … he hasn’t gotten enough airtime. I don’t have the same arsenal of quotes so I’m forced to rely on my own words and thoughts. That’s Poppy at Thanksgiving 2002 with a baby Grace. And he still [...]
A week’s flown by. Last weekend was jam packed as usual. A highlight was Saturday morning brunch with two friends from HBS – Brett L’Esperance (middle, with his three children) and Margo Dhaliwal (right, with Colin). We get together so rarely, as getting the calendars in synch is like aligning stars, but when we do [...]
Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris wrote amazing dedications to each other in their books. Of course we know now that their story ended badly, but their extraordinary love affair is reflected in these brief phrases. For some reason they’ve always really captured my imagination. From Louise to Michael:To MichaelU R Lucky 4 Me(The Bingo Palace) [...]
When I was in grade school I spent my summers at Cape Cod Sea Camps in Brewster. That place remains near and dear to me as the only constant in a childhood of flux. I spent 11 summers there. The point of this is that I remember after every summer (I used to go for [...]
That’s my girl. The one with that special firefighting midwife gleam in her eye. I’m not kidding! I find it extraordinary that Grace has explicitly decided she wants to be a midwife (which is how I’ve named the “special doctor who gets babies out”). She is fascinated with childbirth and delivery. She can sit and [...]
