Whirlwind days

It’s been DAYS and days, but I’m only now disentangling myself from the whirlwind weekend that was. I had the apparent genius of leaving my camera’s card in the upload port and the battery in the charger on the wall—though I DID manage to take the actual camera, so I have no pictures to document […]

Backyard blooms

Bean & I trapse around our tiny backyard in the city, where spring is bursting, full force. Everywhere, insects, sunlight, color. Furry yellow dandilions in dappled shade. Mud in crumbled earthworm trails. Fragrant, sweet tasting violets by the downturned wheel barrow. I watch as he plays. Sticks, mud, rainwater in flower pots. He’s occupied for […]

Moody

All day I felt tender, my heart prone to easy bruising. I awoke after too few hours of sleep to little Bean pressing the buttons on the clock radio, causing some sort of very lively Indian music to spew forth LOUDLY. It was kind of funny, in that other-worldly, ‘this isn’t really happening to me’ […]

1st time in the pool

A smattering of days, and he’s suddenly different all over again. My heart sometimes aches with the velocity of his changing, like Penelope’s tapestry, each day it must be unraveled and made anew to accommodate the greater love and wonder that I feel.
We went swimming tonight. His first time in a pool. His body abruptly […]

I can’t help it

I am now officially a teeny bit in love with Steven Colbert because of this. He’s brilliant.

Self Portrait Challenge #1: An introduction

Kath created a brilliant new Self Portrait Challenge Site, and in honor of it’s creation she has challenged us to ‘introduce ourselves.’
Before I knew you…

there were several ill advised months as a red-head,
an adolescence in love with the surf;
whole days spent in the my bike saddle
following the black ribbon of road
up to Canada, […]