This season I feel like I am constantly vigilant against consumerism; I feel always on edge as I try to maintain my children as not totally entitled and spoiled. I was adamant that Christmas not be too much about things this year, and it was not, which was lovely. But that was hard work! With [...]
Listening to Christmas music (to be fair, I do so all year, but this is the brief window where it doesn’t make me a Crazy Weirdo) driving today and this seemed apt for right now: snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow … It was snowing all weekend. And it was so beautiful! [...]
I just finished this beautiful, slender book that Lacy sent me at the end of the summer. It reminds me of so many things, most of all of Lacy who is already in my mind at this dark season, in this melancholy, slightly bruised moment of every year. Lace, whose words have so many times [...]
Toward the Solstice, 1977 The thirtieth of November.Snow is starting to fall.A peculiar silence is spreadingOver the fields, the maple grove.It is the thirtieth of May,Rain pours on ancient bushes, runsDown the youngest blade of grass.I am trying to hold in one steady glanceAll the parts of my life.A spring torrent racesOn this old slanting [...]
Friday was a much-anticipated blizzard. It was really snowing hard. Nevertheless, Ank, Margo, Bouff, Kara and I proceeded with our dinner plans, all arriving at Silvertone by various T lines.It was so lovely to see everyone and I find myself wondering why we don’t do it more often. These women are not just smart and [...]
Delightfully mellow morning. Everyone else went sledding with the Lavallees and I stayed home with my book to try to finally kick this cough that I can’t seem to get rid of. I also made a chard/spinach/mushroom gratin for dinner tonight with Mum and Dad. Spent some time poking through flickr, and found these great [...]
I love this picture of a holiday peace sign that I found on flickr. Have dona nobis pacem in my head tonight – slightly random video but you can hear it here: Feeling tired tonight, and wistful. Mostly, very thankful for those few special people who do bring peace to my restless heart. May there [...]
I just love Jeffrey Sachs’ essay in this month’s GOOD magazine. Oh how fiercely I hope that the Obama generation is, as he says, up to the task! How full I am of both hope and fear about the state of the world. I’ve always thought the Reagan parallel to Obama is as utterly inaccurate [...]
