It’s been over a month since i wrote here. Wow. The seasons have flipped with unexpected speed for me this year. Suddenly, the bones are aching as i adjust awkwardly to the chilly air and darkness. Even that extra hour (thanks, Daylight-Saving-Time) can’t help. This morning – like most – she steps out into the … Continue reading
He won’t go away. He still knocks. Like a pesky door-to-door salesman… i leave no forwarding address and yet and still… here he is. i peer through the peephole, amazed at his persistence… offended by his insistence even in the face of the “No Solicitors” sign… he’s at it again. i ignore the knocks until their sound … Continue reading
i tend to find joy – or at least some semblance of it – even in the tedium of life. i make ten-minute friends in the line at the grocers, i tune to odd bits of conversation, i attend to many little elements in my environment that make me smile… smells… sights… textures… And let’s … Continue reading
Recently, i helped J clean out a barn after an auction. Tucked next to the door with the remains of a makeshift office of sorts was a Polaroid photo (seen here). There was something so odd about it… a fuzzy image, decades old, of a windmill. No writing, no explanation of what it was that … Continue reading
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