The evening of January 17, 2018, I posted the above photo with this quote: “And mostly I’m grateful that I take this world so seriously.” ~Mary Oliver in “The Gift.” My Facebook and Instagram feeds are filled with Mary quotes. She inspired me to pay attention and to be astonished. When we moved to Florida, […]
In the Tiptoe Moments
The angels must have spilled their face powder this morning as white dust covered everything. I really should have gotten presentably dressed in something warmer, but as has been my habit lately, I ran Grace to school in the attire of the moment–silky black pj bottoms with pink and white dots that remind me of […]
still saturday: every morning
Every morning I walk like this around the pond, thinking: if the doors of my heart ever close, I am as good as dead. Every morning, so far, I’m alive. And now the crows break off from the rest of the darkness and burst up into the sky–as though all night they had thought of […]
A Week of Weary
Yesterday was the first day I did not post on this blog. I tried, but my voice burrowed underground, and I could not dig it up. I’ve been weary all week. Tweeting and ‘booking and blog hopping bogged down. I dozed off at the computer. Maybe the back spasm and broken sleep had something to […]
