As I was driving last night, Like a Prayer came on and my thoughts drifted, immediately and firmly, to Leigh. They always do. Leigh is a dear, dear friend of my childhood. We met at a camp on Cape Cod when we were 12 or 13 and for several summers enjoyed an [...]
It is my distinct honor to welcome Kristen from Motherese to this space today. Kristen’s blog is one of those I admire most, for her lucid and intelligent probing of questions so relevant to me I often feel she dug them out of my brain. Kristen is dear to me, too, for leaving me one [...]
My dearly beloved Kelly Diels twittered me last night and asked me to participate in her Help Haiti Blog Challenge. She asks that we all think about how we can contribute, whether it is a service or a good or our time. And yes, yes, yes I say.
Last night Matt informed me that he had [...]
This picture is, I’m guessing, the summer of 1977 or 1978. It is two of my godsisters, Acey and Alexandra, and me. Don’t ask me why I am naked. Or why a bowl was used to cut my hair. Or why we are apparently playing with a can of kerosene. Ah, the 70s!
Two of my [...]
(visual aid to jar your memory)
Okay, so maybe my passive, indirect post about how I would like to know the answers to these questions but was ashamed to ask wasn’t the most effective. It definitely was pretty classic Lindsey. But I’m trying to push past that. I want to light the fire, [...]
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 tears,their [...]
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 [...]
Happy birthday, Aidan!
Your kind words to me on my thirty-fifth birthday meant a tremendous amount. I spent that day bobbing around the ocean with my F.O.O. (I love that abbrev for family of origin) and my own nuclear family. As I often am, I was thoughtful and melancholy. As I often do, I felt lost [...]
This year on Labor Day I remembered fondly a Labor Day past, a night when a dear friend and I ran shrieking with laughter, naked, into the ocean at night. A dear friend who is still an important part of my life. I’ve been thinking about you lately.
Ours is a strong bond, a formidable alloy [...]
I love it when the universe hears me. Mostly it listens to me when what I need is a slap in the face or a reminder of my own place (insignificant) in the grand scheme of things.
Today, though, I guess the universe was feeling benevolent. I guess it knew I was having a [...]
