Hot & Steamy Monday Momma came by for a visit yesterday. This morning her post was on my desk with a note: “Dahlin’, kindly post this on your blog for your lovely people.”
Greetings!
When I arrived in Boston yesterday morning I heard Heidi saying that if only Someone with a big S, or someone with a little s, or… Continue reading…
Today I want to write about sound. About how a sound can sneak up on you and kiss you when you need it. About how it can keep you company when you’re alone. About how it can surprise you with things you’d never thought of.
On a lonely day last year, probably winter, I was believing the thought “I am… Continue reading…
I got myself an itty bitty mortar ‘n’ pestle,
a present for the hard stuff
to get to the sweet stuff inside
things like a vanilla bean
and a cardamom pod
and a restless, tired mind,
which I crushed and added to a sexy Bosc pear
sauteing it all on low flame
… Continue reading…
Dear—
Can I just say: frustration! It woke me up today. In the wee hours this was me: toss turn toss turn… cold arm hot arm cold arm hot… too much fan too much blanket… skunk… skunk? skunk! yes, being blown in by my trusty fan, at that point turned on high. Oh my. The smell. The having to breathe… Continue reading…
When I started this April blog series called “Taking the S out of Scared,” I was soooo excited. How awesome would it be to recycle and reuse that S. Sure sounded good! I had, after all, so many better, sexier, more interesting uses for that S, S being one of my favorite letters.
Confession: I haven’t succeeded. I’ve… Continue reading…
I have been noticing how often I feel scared and how often I think or say the words: “I’m so scared!”
I’m quite adept at running the mental movies: woman pushing shopping cart. Woman trying to keep her laptop dry in the rain. Woman trying to find wifi… Woman sleeping under the bushes in the Cambridge Common… Woman dying old… Continue reading…
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