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Delight

In the Artist’s Way this week it says: “The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight.”
Here are my reasons for delight:
*I went on an artist’s date to the grocery store last night and let myself revel in the scent of mangos, the big glass jugs of milk, the ripe avocados. […]

Eleven Months Old

Dear Bean,
You are now officially one month shy of a year old, and flying. Well, almost flying. You’re cruising about and doing this funny falling thing towards the next piece of furniture with no hands, and it makes you look like you’re ready for take off. I have every reason to believe you’ll learn how […]

HE’S BACK!

Oh glorious day, he came back! Skinnier, scragglier, and definitely hungry, but he’s here!
DH thought he saw tracks in the back yard shortly after he got back from printing up more LOST CAT posters, bringing me flowers to cheer me out of my gloom. Today I felt like giving up.
“I think I hear Mojo,” […]

Illustration Friday: E is for…

Equality

Working on this painting I thought of an exerpt from The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, by James McBride. When I picked up the book, with paint still on my fingers, the first page I turned to contained the text I wanted. I love moments when the universe […]

Full Moon

The moon fills the sky with light. According to the weather station, the temperature feels like -15 with the windchill. Ice has formed hard and transparent below the gusting snow on the sidewalks and stoops.
When I was a teacher, full moon days were always the worst. The kids were wild and peevish, and the […]

Lost

He ran away on Friday and we were sure he would return. But he didn’t. The weather turned cold. It snowed inches last night and today I put posters up on telephone poles and contacted the Humane Society. He’s such a love of a cat. Totally dopy, but will tolerate even Bean’s aggressive affection. He’s […]

Pickup truck prose

Rain is falling today. The cat feels the change in temperature, and meows restlessly at the door. The snow is melting. The gutters are rife with slush and garbage. The clouds press close to the pavement, hugging the curves of the road and nestling into the valleys.
We spent the morning in the car, driving […]

Napping

Bean and I just awoke from a nap. I’m still recovering from being sick so I gratefully accepted the opportunity to nap this morning. He’s so funny when he wakes. His eyes open, and then boing! he’s up, his body still rocking with the velocity of his sudden movement.
His eyes are always wide. His cheeks […]

Some days feel like the top of the mountain is always just a little farther

Yesterday I woke up with a sore throat and spent the day mostly trying to sleep with an almost-toddler who wanted to mostly NOT SLEEP. This involved several low points in parenting, including DH and I getting on each other’s last nerve, while Bean pulled CD after CD of the shelf and let it go […]