horses!
Do you have times in your life when you run in a certain direction? At first, it’s just an interest. And then you get deeper and want more and more and… you go for it! About 10 years ago, I found myself on an airplane headed to a silent retreat in Portugal. I wanted to […]
a pause
You’ve seen this image before . (Now it adorns one of my new carryalls.) But really: you’ve seen this before. Jumping high and fast and …. am I one person or three people? and … can I keep going and going and going??? Midsummer energy. High gear. Ariella and Ramzi were here for a too […]
oh mom
I wanted this : b leaf … put on my NH license plate. And now, more than ever, I love that idea. All these intense opinions/beliefs flying around. Just: be a darn leaf. Do you agree? This morning, I was out on my morning walk, getting my Lyme-sore body moving at the start of the […]
my sandbox
Do you recall a favorite activity as a child? Perhaps a large mound of sand that was deposited in your backyard and refreshed annually? A blank slate where you could create your own world? I remember hours and hours spent sculpting the sand into roads and fields and houses, toy cars and animal figurines, sticks […]
oh wow
Are you ever caught off guard by something you’ve done? My new tote bags came back today and I was surprised by how pleased I felt. Mostly by the color. How it moved. I’ve been creating art now for how many years? I surely enjoyed it as a child, but it became clearly a passion […]
heart reset
Don’t you treasure time with your loved ones? For a few days, it’s just my son, Samsun, and me. His wife Amanda is at Bread Loaf, enjoying the fellowship of other talented writers. Nothing going on, here at the lake. Time to hang out. Samsun and I can launch a discussion. Later come back to […]
where was I?
Hunter and Lynn and Artemis left this morning. Which means the 4 year old is no longer here, keeping the tempo UP! And distracting me full time from thinking about anything more important than being 4. Amanda is away. It’s just serious son Samsun here, working hard because he does. He works hard. I just […]
playplayplay
WHEN, tell me when it ‘s not a good time to play??? Is there such a time???? I don’t think so. No. Absolutely not. If it’s not robots, it’s jump rope. Or chess. Or playing on the dock, in the sand, in the water, on paper, on the checker board, on crokinole board, in the […]
timing is everything
As I jump in the lake, I hear thunder. I look over towards the mountains and I see the grey clouds heading my way and the way they mist the trees under them with the falling rain. And I feel the first rain drops. I don’t care. I’m in. I stay in the water until […]
what is intelligence anyway?
. If you figure this out. If you understand. If you wait long enough… How to get where you’re going? You go to school to learn. You stand in line. Because you’ve stood in line before, you know who’s smart/makes good grades; who’s smart/popular. But how does that get you… where you want to go? […]
