Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Monday, July 19, 2021
beyond
Sunday, July 18, 2021
like an old-fashioned riddle
count the worry beads of desire
sum my abacus of need
Saturday, July 17, 2021
building
A normal kind of day--normal chores, normal outings.
Went to check on the Arboretum's yearly peacock display with L before the rest of the family woke up. I love the purple spikes they've added to the begonias this year.
And yes, it's syllabus building time again.
Friday, July 16, 2021
three in a row
Scout, Huck, and I hosted bookclub while Big A, At, and Nu did their own thing. I'd planned to have a garden party, but rain was in the forecast and mosquitoes were out in force, so I moved it indoors. And just like that we had our first indoors party since the pandemic started.
Here, Huck, Scout, and I (L to R) are spooning in blissed-out collapse after dinner.
[Pic by Nu, reflected in the glass door.]
Thursday, July 15, 2021
"look for the helpers"
I had so much help yesterday:
from the scummy
Nu skimming off pond scum
At making a strawberry, arugula, feta salad
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
unpronounceable
I have repeated my sights
until emptied of meaning
each one special as a child:
emotions--a trembling skin
old memories--pause at will,
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Jig
I got to play copilot too.
Play copilot--I didn't actually touch any of the controls...
I guess that had a lot to do with how I made it to Seattle, then to Detroit, and finally home today.
Monday, July 12, 2021
island times
Sunday, July 11, 2021
Meanwhile
Another day of catching up on the last year with fam, and so many I hadn't seen in years. S Auntie and I always end up reminiscing about when she babysat us and I always remember the pencil eraser she had that was shaped like a bulldog.
Meanwhile back at home, Nu loved the Boss Day presents I packed for them before we left.
Saturday, July 10, 2021
Loveliness
It has been magical. This gathering of happy faces and hugs... congratulations, commiserations, reminiscences, and sweet sillinesses. Turned out, seeing A+M getting married was the cure to my pandemic year.
"I'm a weirdo/doofus/nerd/naif" (Part MXVIII)
I realized during my meditation this morning that my energy for contacting so many people yesterday (the "emotional labor" that St...
-
Friends and old neighbors shutting it down in honor of John Crawford. _
-
At had us pose for this pic up at Aunt R's place on Lake Huron so he could put it up in his dorm. "Don't tur...
-
I have the feeling that I’m going to succumb to the season and put out a list of resolutions soon. Just wanted to establish this heads up th...