Should you be concerned that the last you heard from me was on 4/20? Should you? No, really not. The day passed with no out-of-control homage from me. No, instead I’ve just been leaving this posting business for way too late, and instead of sitting up and falling asleep on the computer, I’ve just put [...]
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Last breath of April …
Posted in books, choose your own adventure, containing myself, guilty pleasures, learning, love, NaPoMo, NaPoWriMo, out and about, poetry, slice of life, thank-you-thank-you-thank-you, using our words, women, writing, tagged books, choose your own adventure, containing myself, guilty pleasures, learning, love, NaPoMo, NaPoWriMo, out and about, poetry, SOL, thank-you-thank-you-thank-you, using our words, women, writing, Zeno on 1 May 2012 | 5 Comments »
A Love Supreme
Posted in choose your own adventure, family, learning, letting go, love, love and other complications, NaPoMo, NaPoWriMo, out and about, poetry, writing, tagged choose your own adventure, family, learning, letting go, love, love and other complications, NaPoMo, NaPoWriMo, out and about, poetry, writing, Zeno on 20 April 2012 | 9 Comments »
There is an adolescent boy who rides my bus in the mornings. He’s maybe 13? Maybe 12? I’ve been watching him grow up the four years I’ve been living in my neighborhood. He boards with his mom. They are beautiful in a sharp, austere way. They sit together and talk about his homework, or the [...]
Playing Catch-Up: Running Circles Round Myself
Posted in brain freeze, Feh., learning, NaPoMo, NaPoWriMo, poetry, self care, writing, tagged brain freeze, Feh., learning, NaPoMo, NaPoWriMo, poetry, self care, writing, Zeno on 18 April 2012 | 6 Comments »
a circle closes, tight and smooth – a seamless join. leaves no sign of storms, struggles, laughter, wine, the between. leaves only shine. I have found that, when I’m in a place where everyone is speaking a language I don’t know, if I stop trying, stop working at understanding what’s going on, I often magically [...]
Sometimes, anytime’s the right time …
Posted in family, language, learning, NaPoMo, NaPoWriMo, out and about, people I love, poetry, the doting aunt, writing, tagged family, language, learning, NaPoMo, NaPoWriMo, people I love, poetry, the doting aunt, writing on 15 April 2012 | 11 Comments »
Sometimes, anytime’s the right time. A moment grabbed, taken. Whole moments savored, easy goal. Held tight-tightly to your soul.* Oh, don’t ask me. It just fell in there. I’m not sure what I think about it, but there it is. Great afternoon with my family after a really excellent Spanish lesson in which I was [...]
The sun has gone to bed and so must I …
Posted in containing myself, language, learning, NaPoMo, NaPoWriMo, out and about, poetry, writing, tagged containing myself, language, learning, NaPoMo, NaPoWriMo, out and about, poetry, writing on 14 April 2012 | 8 Comments »
So last night I remembered to post Thursday’s poem … then forgot about Friday’s. So tonight I’ll post Friday and Saturday and put myself back on track. Sleep deprivation never plays out well for me. Why haven’t I learned this lesson yet? Stubborn, I think that’s what this is called. Or perhaps denial. In any [...]
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