Image credit: Photo byraster on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons October 31 of 2003 was a hard day for me. I don't remember any longer what, specifically, was difficult about it, but I do know that told my husband, bitterly, as we climbed into bed that it had been a hard day. My son Austen was [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2008’
Halloween Haikus
Image credit: Photo bybitzcelt on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons The glow of red eyes.A mouth slashed across the face.Jack-o-lantern glares. Candles flickering.A little witch waits outside.Ghouls rap on my door. Green hands hover, curl,then plunge into the cauldronand draw out candy. Everybody screamWhether with fear or delight.It's Halloween night! More Haiku Friday haikus at A [...]
The Overwhelmed
Image credit: Photo byangegreene on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons Austen had his friend Tony over for a playdate for the first time last week, which means I had Tony's mom over for a playdate. I was a little nervous when I talked to her on the phone because she quizzed me about what therapies and [...]
Getting Nowhere Slowly
This post is the ninth in a (slowly developing) series onhow I came to be where I am around the current election. Image credit: Photo byfeastoffools on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons Recently, I've noticed a particular tense, worked up feeling I get about how wrong other people are. It's a kind of quivering moral outrage [...]
Parenting Is Not Child’s Play
Before I had kids, I loved playing. At age 30, I owned a wide array of board games as well as a vast nerdly display of toys -- an X-Files Scully Barbie and Mulder Ken, Star Wars action figures, a poseable Godzilla and several favorite stuffed animals. I played regularly with my friends, and I [...]
A Gift from my Husband
Image credit: Photo by geofana on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My husband and I have a special association with the weekend that marks the end of daylight savings time (or rather the weekend that used to mark the end of daylight savings time, since the powers that control such things have moved it around [...]
Team God
Image credit: Photo by Aria Fotografia on Flickr Licensed under Creative Common A few days ago, as I was sitting in my living room writing, two smiling grey-haired women knocked on my front door. They handed me a pamphlet titled "Would You Like to Know the Truth?" and told me it had answers to many [...]
For the Birds
Image credit: Photo by Angelrays on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I was out walking with my daughter today, and she wanted to feed the birds. She didn't want to feed the birds breadcrumbs or birdseed though; she wanted to feed them berries and acorns and pinecones we found along the way: things they could [...]
Recurring Dream Haikus
Wandering the rooms.They've been hidden for years nowunknown, unopened. How is this my house?Who furnished these ancient rooms?How did they get here? Sometimes I find roomsalready housing others,unknown, in my home. Night comes, breathing soft.Each time, a new house, new rooms,yet it's always mine. What dark place is this,the undiscovered country,the map my mind makes? [...]
Visual Assault
Cross-posted at Two Women Blogging It's election season here. Streets are lined with red, white and blue signs pushing various candidates and various positions on the issues. Several neighbors have large lawn signs letting the rest of us know where they stand. There is a tan house with white trim that sits a fair walk [...]
