She’s eaten. Had her diaper changed. I doubt you want to see a photo of that! Played on the floor. And laughed at the cats. She’s had her way. But now she struggles. Thrashing this way and that. I know what she needs. But she does not want to give in. We try the high […]
Light and Empty
I tiptoe through empty. Mindful to step easy when I reach vinyl. Not wild about down. Moisture clings to windows, and I see dimly. The house vibrates with damp and hums with dry. I’m instructed to turn the heat up past 58. No need to tell me twice. I can’t remember the last time we […]
Playing Scattergories
Crumbs still clung to the harvest cloth between blotted Coke and orange juice. The fake decorations drooped a little when yawns gathered around to begin the traditional games. The eight-year-old asked to play Scattergories. The adults groaned knowing the difficulty she would have, fearing her frustration. But she persisted, and the adults relented. She took […]
On Adopting a Droid
I am in a land of shiny things. AKA–the Verizon Store. Where inhabitants speak a strange language and rows upon rows of shiny alien mouths line up neatly on shelves. I’ve owned these before. Their little jaws have bitten me in the past. Snapped right on the web between my right thumb and forefinger and […]
On the Shore of Old Hickory Lake
The weekend past. Gallatin, Tennessee. Sunset over the lake. And a misty moisty morning. But a patio view and a bedroom window view are not enough. The lake begs for a deep see. And so I pick my way through damp brush and thorns. Gifts unwrap themselves as I wait and watch. God wonders revealed. […]
Bite of Heaven in a Pancake
Dennis and I are sitting in Sawyer’s Gourmet Pancake House after church. I’ve wanted to come here since I first read about it a couple of years ago, but we never remember to go. A “natural and organic family restaurant” that serves “great food, not fast food.” There’s a sign that says everything is made […]
Golden Confetti Rain
The diamond-studded grass crunches under my feet this morning. A few cotton wisps feather across the cerulean sky. And I am standing in golden confetti rain. The trees are letting go. I struggle for words to describe what I see and hear. Riffle. Ruffle. Whoosh. Pitter. Patter. Plop. Plop. Tumble. Twirl. Float. Flop. It strikes […]
Reclaimed and Repurposed
It’s been a long week. And so it’s midnight before I begin to stir chickpea flour into melted ghee, finely chop macadamia nuts and mix with coconut into peaked egg whites, form chocolate truffles and roll in chocolate sprinkles. While the rest of the house sleeps. Wash, mix, mold, bake, scrape, taste, lick. I’m making […]
It’s a Two-Cup Morning
I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer. ~Martin Luther News on the radio startles me awake. Dennis forgot to shut off the alarm. I don’t want to get up. My elbow hurts, and my back aches. I know that Friday’s supper dishes line the counter–along with […]
Buying Bread on a Monday
I just spent a fat chunk of today’s thin time in the bread aisle. I needed a basic loaf of bread. That’s all. The doughnut case called to me with its array of warm-glazed oily cakes melting puddles on parchment. I pressed nose to glass and drooled. But the mood quickly passed when I spied […]
