“The more I work, the more I see things differently, that is, everything gains in grandeur every day, becomes more and more unknown, more and more beautiful. The closer I come, the grander it is, the more remote it is.” — Giacometti (from a blog I love: The Happiness Project) Thinking today about things that [...]
Read Bad Mother by Ayelet Waldman and enjoyed it. It was not as inflammatory as I was expecting, especially given the reviews, most of which focus on “Rocketship,” the essay about the author’s decision to end her third pregnancy when a genetic defect is identified. I found the essay, albeit about a controversial decision, carefully [...]
The reason the earth is round is so you can’t see too far down the road. – Isak Dinesen To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that. – St. Theresa of Avila The first step on the journey is to lose your way. – Galway Kinnell That photo of the [...]
Fashion I cannot get behind: 1. Flat gladiator sandals 2. Skinny jeans 3. Boy cut bikini bottoms Email this post
The Middle Place made me think about the various contradictions we hold in our hands at any given time. Our lives can be defined, I think, by the tensions between these contradictions, and by the ways that we address their competing needs and implications. Tonight, I am holding a difficult set in my palm. Young [...]
To the one who made me a daughter and who shows me every day, in ways big and small, how to be a mother: I love you. Email this post
Just finished Free Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy. It is a quick read and a compelling manifesto. Skenazy has ample data (for example, that the rate of crimes against children has actually plummeted since we were kids) and colorful anecdotes to illustrate her basic premise that children of this era would benefit greatly from more [...]
fall 2002winter 2005 To the two who made me a mother: I love you. Email this post
Still life of my evening, 5/9/09 (happy birthday Courtney and Justin!) Grace’s sleepover last night was a huge success. So much that as I pulled up to the house this morning at 8:45 to collect her she and Clemmie saw me from across the yard, turned tail, and bolted away from me. She was sad [...]
Whit this morning: “For Christmas, Mummy, I want my own ‘puter. And some other stuff too.” (dream on, buddy) Later, Whit confirmed that by “other stuff” he meant Star Wars stuff. Grace yesterday: “Mum, did you know there is American Girl Calm?” “American Girl Calm? Is that like yoga American Girl? Meditating American Girl? Zen [...]
