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Monthly Archives: September 2008
September 24, 2008 – 5:16 pm
An excerpt I read on the plane to Italy that really moved me: We human beings are uneasy about what truly occurs deep inside the Other, even if that Other is someone we love. And perhaps it is more than unease; perhaps it is an actual fear of the mysterious, nonverbal, unprocessed core, that which [...]
September 17, 2008 – 7:01 pm
When did Gracie become a teenager? In addition to “sweet!” (pronounced, with attitude, like suh-weet!) she busted out today with two new phrases. She was eating vanilla pudding that I made at dinner and she said, “Mummy? I don’t like your pudding.” “Oh, Gracie, I’m sorry about that.” “I love it!” And then, as I [...]
Feminism
September 16, 2008 – 7:15 am
Eve Ensler’s piece about Sarah Palin made me cry. I had an email exchange with several dear friends from college about it, and we all resonated with the words. My mother is right, it’s a touch “screamy,” but I really think she hits on the key reason I am so viscerally upset about the Sarah [...]
September 14, 2008 – 7:46 pm
This picture is taken on Nana and Ba’s boat. They had a Grand Banks named Fleetwing, and Nana always brought zinnias aboard from her garden. The same garden that Ba would go out to and cut asparagus from, but only after the water was boiling. Anything else was just not fresh. They also had special [...]
September 13, 2008 – 11:23 am
Fairy tales, are more than true. Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be defeated. – Neil Gaiman Love today to Jeri, Margo, and Gloria, whose unsolicited blog-love over email has lifted my spirits by reminding me that someone thinks there is something good I’m putting [...]
September 12, 2008 – 4:19 pm
Grace got all deep on me this afternoon as we drove home from a birthday party. “Mummy, how many more years do I have to live? A hundred?” “Umm, I think about ninety.” “Sweet!” (her new expression) “How many more years do you have to live?” “I would guess forty.” “Okay.” ….. a few minutes [...]
September 12, 2008 – 8:41 am
I am really liking American Prayer, the song by Dave Stewart that is loosely about Barack, and which also contains some background of MLK’s I Have a Dream speech. The lines below particularly moved me today: When you get to the top of the mountain,Will you tell me what you see?When you get to the [...]
