Mama at the Elmo Wallpaper wrote a lovely, achingly honest post today about the thought of saying goodbye to the dream of the daughter she had hoped to have. Aidan responded with her own musings on the children we imagine and those we actually have, on the collision between our dreams and our reality. Both [...]
Perfection Wasted, by John Updike And another regrettable thing about deathis the ceasing of your own brand of magic,which took a whole life to develop and market -the quips, the witticisms, the slantadjusted to a few, those loved ones nearestthe lip of the stage, their soft faces blanchedin the footlight glow, their laughter close to [...]
The late afternoon sky yesterday was take-your-breath-away beautiful. The sky was clear and hazy at the same time, dotted with flat-bottomed, fluffy-topped clouds, white, shot through with gray and pink. The horizon was an undulating line separating the dark land, textured with the various colors of autumn foliage, from the transcendantly clear sky marked here [...]
Perception and reality and the perilous gulf that can open up between them has been on my mind lately. First there was the truth-teller in the form of a classic little old lady on the Delta shuttle. Then there was a post by Ronna Detrick about the power of friendships, including virtual ones. I was [...]
Laughter is an effervescent form of holiness – Annie Lamott (thanks to Brene at Ordinary Courage) We are here to learn to endure the beams of love. – William Blake Love is an act of courage, not of fear. – Paolo Freire (thanks to Ronna at Renegade Conversations) I was made … not to prove [...]
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, [...]
My friend Kara wrote the most incredibly thoughtful email to me after reading my post about Grace’s anxiety and loneliness. She makes so many points that made me think that I want to include excerpts here. but your blog about Gracie and her birthday party makes my heart ache–I remember being that age having private [...]
If you are not an intellectual snob (and I am not), you can find insight everywhere. Glamour magazine spoke to me today. In the September issue, Glamour published this picture of Lizzie Miller, who is a stunningly beautiful size 12-14 model. There was an avalanche of support that surprised even Glamour. To date there have [...]
I spent the last two days at my firm’s annual meeting. There were lots of presentations, long dinners, and a big canvas bag with some huge slide decks and two gifts in it. The gifts were a baseball with one company logo and a watch with another company logo. Grace got the watch and Whit [...]
If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can. and there is nothing more to it than that. – Storypeople (Brian Andreas) From a great new (to me) blog: the spirit of the river. Email this post
