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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motherhood Archive
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A note to my boy, who is eight today
Posted on May 19, 2013 | No CommentsDear Declan, You are 8 today. Eight. Eight is the atomic number of oxygen. There are eight spokes on the Wheel of Dharma, which symbolize the interdependent principles on the... -
A note to my boy, who is seven today
Posted on May 19, 2012 | 3 CommentsDear Declan, You are seven today. Seven sounds magical when you say it out loud: Seven. Declan is Seven. We can look at the Pleiades and assign a year of... -
You rite baby, you rite
Posted on April 24, 2012 | No CommentsWhile listening to the new Dr. John record in the car the other evening, Declan and I had the following conversation: Declan: Mom, who is this? I feel like I’ve... -
A note to my boy, who is five today
Posted on May 19, 2010 | 2 CommentsDear Declan, You are five today. That is a little bit of a relief because I can’t remember the last time you met someone new who would have guessed that... -
Human worlds and Hello Kitties
Posted on March 10, 2010 | 5 CommentsOne of Declan’s best friends at preschool is an extremely sweet little girl (I’ll call her Nora). The intensity of her smiles and happy bounces make it seem like she’s... -
Mean girl, reconsidered
Posted on December 18, 2009 | 3 CommentsShe was my mean girl in high school. I dreaded going to school. I dreaded the classes we had together. I was sure it was her that scrawled the word... -
It’s my 500th post! Let’s talk about death…
Posted on September 25, 2009 | 2 Comments“Why are these big rocks covering them?” he asked me, as though someone had put the gravestone there to hold my grandparents under the earth. “They help you and I... -
Does Brian Williams live in our world?
Posted on September 10, 2009 | No CommentsThe last few weeks of no camp and parental work scrambling and no preschool have led to far more television consumption in this house than I would like to admit.... -
Housekeeping
Posted on July 9, 2009 | 1 CommentThere are a couple of things that I’ve been meaning to mention. First, Dawn let me know a while back that a book called Mothering and Blogging: The Radical Act... -
The dawning facts of life
Posted on July 3, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe boy woke up before 6 a.m. the other day, wide-eyed and full of questions, starting with: “Mommy, when I was an egg in your womb, how did I break...
