They’ve asked me to write them a poem, my boys have. In four-four time. And it will not, in fact, be so much of a poem as it will be song lyrics, lyrics written for the music they have already written during one of their music sessions in the basement. They are on their instruments […]
Read moreI’ve always loved reading aloud to my children. I began, in fact, when William was still in utero (yes, I was one of those mothers), but took it up in earnest when he was newborn and we were alone in the house together for hours at a time. Rather than watch mind-numbing television during those […]
Read moreHe was maybe in his early twenties at the oldest, and he was walking ahead of us out of the grocery store this afternoon. He was walking with a friend, but he was walking ahead of that friend, and he was walking strangely: doing a dance, kind of. Taking sort of mincing steps. Being funny. […]
Read more(Wednesday) This day was no more difficult than any other day. Nor was it easier. It was fine. And full. And, as ever, productive. Some days are heavier than others, yes? I would say it’s atmospheric, but the humidity hasn’t kicked in yet, and the skies today were mostly clear. Maybe it’s atmospheric in another […]
Read moreAfter going to bed Too Late last night After waking up at 5:24 and getting up at 5:43 and reading the story of the parting of the Red Sea After showering and dressing and feeding the kitties, after setting the table for breakfast and tidying the kitchen and writing notes on napkins After fleeing the […]
Read moredo blatt do blatt These noises ricochet up the stairs from the basement, the playroom where the drum set now resides. dum digga digga digga digga Everett is practicing, the last task on his list of daily must-dos: homework, make bed, put away clean clothes, feed the cats, etc…. Practice the drums. dig-uh dig-uh duh […]
Read moreThere is a great deal about a pregnancy that is No Longer mysterious to us here in the West, where developmental stages are recorded and reported with calculable accuracy, where ultrasounds provide three-dimensional images and news of gender, and where some illnesses and disabilities can be diagnosed and even treated before the baby is born. […]
Read moreSo no, I won’t tell you everything that’s been going on around here (see previous post), but I did recall something just now that I’ve been wanting to post here: Will and Everett have a blog. They started it this summer, not too terribly long after our brief but wonderful visit from These Wonderful People. […]
Read moreWe carved pumpkins tonight. I know, I know. We were supposed to do this about a week and a half ago. But the weekend before Halloween found me grading papers and writing mid-term comments, and then Halloween had to go and fall on a Friday, and who has time to carve pumpkins on a weeknight? […]
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