Preparing The Nest

One thing I wanted to be done this year is a complete clean out of our home.  Out with the old, in with the new.  Loose papers, junk, plastic, bits and bobs out the door.  A preparation for starting 2010 as the year of living simply.  Well, I was actually on quite a roll for [...]

A Message…

My Aunt posted this on Facebook last night.  It moved me.  Moved me to write my own message.  You may not need to think twice about what your own message is, I didn’t, but it does take some time to write it, backwards in mirror image with marker to photo booth on the computer.

Here is [...]

On Being Single.

Single mother.
Everyday of my life I am a single mother.  There is no father here.  Has not been for sixteen months. There is very little father in general.
Yesterday at lunch (another post when more time), I actually mentioned the words “finding someone else”, meaning that my heart and mind might be open to letting someone [...]

School Lunch Redo

Ems and I were standing in line at the checkout at the grocery store.  I was ogling Southern Living and the gorgeous pumpkin pie on the cover, when Ems said to me.
“Mommy, I don’t understand why they can’t change school lunches.  I mean why can’t they make them like a lunch you pack me.  You [...]

Essence of Man

Sometimes it is a little lacking in “maleness” around here.  For crying out loud even the dog, cat and rabbit are girls.  Only girls in this house, and girl things.  In some ways it is nice, having my own space and not having to share it, but sometimes you just like to see those tell-tale [...]

Friday Night Photo

I had photography class on Wednesday night.  We basically talked about aperture, shutter speed, ISO etc. The real education will come when I take my camera out and experiment with these options over the weekend.  My nemesis is low light.  Horrible, horrible indoor, low light.  Will work on this.  Tonight I took this picture in [...]

A Little Grace Please!

Just for once, maybe if only for one day I would like to have a bit of grace.
To not trip over the dog, not dump half a pot of dirty soapy water down my front, not bang a drawer into my leg at work, not almost fall sideways trying to sit on the toilet, not [...]

Waiting For The Dead

And that would be me…..

These guys are just watching me and waiting for me to plop dead to the ground.  This is more than likely going to be a bit of an incoherent rant, sorry. But when others do it I always feel just a little more human, so if you continue past this sentence, [...]

i am.

I am from country roads, from whole wheat bread and toast and tea.
I am from  wooded aged beauty, smoky, damp, surrounded by green.
I am from the trees, the lush backyard field and winding creek.
I am from laughter and burdened emotion, from Carol and Wayne and later Stephen.
I am from the empathetic and the liberal.
From the [...]

Habit

Thump, thump, thump.
Inhale, exhale, breathe in, breathe out.
Ch, Ch, Ch, Whump.
Walking through the wooded path on the border of the lawn.  Breathing and hearing my steps, distracted by only the fall through the leaves of the first acorns from the trees around me, ch,ch,ch, whump.  I am free of dinner waiting to be warmed  inside, [...]