The Birthday Girl

More help, today, from Annie: “The work is not the vision itself, certainly. It is not the vision filled in, as if it had been a coloring book. It is not the vision reproduced in time; that were impossible. It is rather a simulacrum and a replacement. It is a golem. You try– you try […]

Right now, on my front steps, is an odd assortment of … things. There is a rake, leaning dangerously across the steps. There are a few sticks of varying lengths, a frisbee made of fabric, a large rock and a piece of cement that looks suspiciously like a rock but, upon closer inspection, reveals itself […]

My Beautiful Boy

“Music is infinitely more precise than words.” ~ Felix Mendelssohn“Now and then, however, pleasure arises, not in process of restoring anything that our members lack, nor in process of eliminating anything that causes distress, but from something that tickles and affects our senses with a secret but remarkable moving force and so draws them to […]

JOY! Levi Peterson Stine was born this morning at 2 o’clock, arriving with a lusty cry and bruised head, arriving the “natural” way in answer to the prayers of his mother, who was disappointed to have a cesarean last time. Yes, he is “on the outside,” and he is perfect, and beautiful, and small (but […]

My mind is empty tonight. I would love to write about my afternoon, watching and playing with my children outdoors, but the words I composed for it while engaged in it have departed my brain. I would post more January pictures and write about our doings therein, or write about each of the children individually, […]

Quite a few of my neighbors have flags that they hang outside their homes. Perhaps you’ve seen them: they are banner-like things extended at an angle from the front of the house. Apparently all kinds of flags are available, because I’ve seen any number of different designs. My next-door neighbor has one, and she changes […]

On January 25 we held Everett’s birthday party. It was a long time coming, postponed more than once due to the travel schedules of our guests and the fatigue of the mother. But finally, only (almost) a month after he turned six, Everett celebrated his birthday with his friends. It was a great time! After […]