Sometimes information, events, busy-ness and a vague Something Else conspire to displace me, even when I sit, as I do, in my own familiar, lovely world. I have been haunted, all day, by a sense of displacement, and this despite the fact that I only left my property twice in the van today: taking Everett […]

Oh So Very. Goodnight!

So I’ve quoted these lyrics before, but it was a long time ago. And that’s what poets are for, anyway: to say what we can’t find words for, and to say it so well.This barren July We both wake up so dryThat no more tears can leave usAnd all we’ve found Are roads we can’t […]

If you are looking for something new from me today (and I don’t imagine, really, that Anyone is), then I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint. I have done a lot of writing lately, a lot of talking, and right now, believe it or not, I am Fresh Out of things to say. But if you’d […]

In the past, when asked how I was, my answer was pretty frequently “Weary.” Homeschooling three children, taking graduate classes, and doing a variety of Other Things can develop into weariness, I think, which is different from being tired. I have to say that I have not felt weary since the Collapse of 2005, which, […]

I thought they looked about right as I bent to put on my own shoes yesterday. He had taken them off, as he always does, obedient boy that he is, and left them by the front door. They were easy to try on: two tidy velcro straps pulled snug and voila! you’re done. I’ve never […]

Bill has been sick. He has been sick since Tuesday evening, doubled over in abdominal pain, lying awake all night, taking medication that works for Only Just So Long, eating something for his hunger and then wishing he hadn’t. Bill doesn’t get sick very often. When he does, he tends to soldier on and work […]

I read somewhere a long time ago an interview with Julia Roberts who confessed to being critical of her appearance. Imagine! Yes, she said she had her flaws (really?), but when asked she declined to elaborate. She said that if she mentioned these flaws, they would only become that much more obvious to everyone, and […]

Oh, I had them. I had those plans. Remember my New Year’s Resolutions? Well. I was in good shape this week. I was On The Ball. The calendar had the required appointments, and I was so proud of myself: I was taking responsibility off Bill to (finally) get the van repaired and inspected, and I […]