[Pic is not of our Yellowstone trip but I’ll have to dig for those photos; they’re on some computer somewhere. Ugh. This is Julia and Livy, I’m guessing at ages 6 and 3, with a backdrop that is very similar to the sights we saw on our Yellowstone trip] And it was a shapeless voyage. … Read More Yellowstoned
Last night at the theater watching Mamma Mia again, my youngest, Livy, reached over the seat in a poignant part to grab my hand and in the dark I looked to her and her mouth moved in words of gratitude, telling me that, as a mother, I’d always been there for her. And as the… Read More Rainbows
And I really have to resist telling all the maleness at Jiffy Lube to go make me a sandwich because that’s just where I am today. I was kept up all night by our new dog Lady’s whining—separation anxiety; Julia’s on a trip, Livy needed sleep; I was on duty—and along with my dream last… Read More Embattled
[Utah’s “Mount Doom”, courtesy of the 8/2018 California fires a thousand miles away. Even the air knows we’re all connected]. After my divorce, I read the Lord of the Rings trilogy every year. James (my ex-h) is actually the one who initially said circa 2006 “I bet you’d like the LOTR movies” and he was… Read More Tolkien
And it was a time of great vulnerability. But I didn’t know it then. Because at age 20, away at college, and in love with the future, I couldn’t yet see anything except through the embedded resilience of youth and the dream that I knew myself well enough to be able to navigate hardship. So… Read More The beautiful complexity of algae
Come see me, Sophie, as you’re walking the blue twilight between worlds. 🌿 Come see me, in that dream land, when the pain disappears, and the body absorbs into stars, and we can behold the sun as it rises on this first new day. 🌿 Come see me, From your world beyond breath, when the… Read More Come see me, Sophie
Dear Benny, I cannot explain my species. Can’t encapsulate for you their darkness; have no idea why your entry into this world saw you endure cruelty to where even now that you’re safe, with a new family, you panicked when you saw me—shaking, cowering, running—like you have no hope. I cannot help with this. I… Read More Benny
