Teeny Tiny Mantras
Today is Patti Smith.
Patti Smith - Horses (full studio version) (by Twentysixbillion)
Kind of stuck on this song.
Elvis Costello, “When It Sings” (by Iain Halliday)
may my heart always be open to little birds
who are the secrets of living… (by ee cummings)(photo by catene)
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adventures in normality Archive
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The John Wayne of Meijer
Posted on April 3, 2011 | No CommentsI’ll always drive an extra mile for the sake of a reasonably-priced artichoke. In my daily swim through the morass of marketing e-newsletters that are available, I accidentally found an... -
New
Posted on January 4, 2010 | No CommentsI wish I could say that I came into this year, this decade, with rosy optimism and a warm blanket. I tried. I did yoga. I took a hot shower... -
Fairy dust
Posted on November 29, 2009 | No Comments“Here mommy, let me put some of this on you,” my boy says to me. He rubs glitter into my collarbone like a salve. “Now make a wish,” he instructs... -
Twinkle, twinkle
Posted on August 26, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe last couple of weeks have been rough. With camp long since over and another three weeks before the preschool year begins, there’s been no consistent social diversion for my... -
Things I did not know a month ago
Posted on August 15, 2009 | 2 Comments1. When a distant star shakes and shimmies ever so slightly (visible only through a high-powered telescope), that’s a good indication that it has planets orbiting around it. The gravitational... -
A note to my boy, who is four today…
Posted on May 19, 2009 | 4 CommentsMy little boy is four today. Four. I feel like I’m supposed to say that I can’t believe he’s four already, and in some ways that’s true, but mostly it... -
Urban explorer
Posted on April 16, 2009 | 2 CommentsI hug him tight. He kisses me on the side of my nose. “Thanks, mom,” he says, rolling over and heaving a sigh. “Good night.” This is how he falls... -
Awesome thing my son said, #11,987
Posted on March 19, 2009 | 3 CommentsA few weeks ago, he met a little girl named Lucy on the playground. He looked at her wide-eyed, then leaned over to me and asked: “Mommy… she’s not the... -
Eye sees you
Posted on March 16, 2009 | 1 CommentHad a fabulous time at a creativity workshop with Amy yesterday, and met her two beautiful boys along with a handful of other local bloggers (though I didn’t get much... -
I’m stuck
Posted on March 1, 2009 | 2 CommentsTangled up in pillows and blankets, I think “I’m stuck” was the first sentence my son ever uttered. I’m feeling that way lately with this blog. I’m editing posts in...
