November 30th has arrived and that means three things: November will be over very soon. College Applications for UC’s are due at midnight. It’s the last day of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Post Month) In reverse order: NaBloPoMo. What a month. I could not have predicted just how much I would love and hate the fact […]
The Passage of Time
Tonight as the night began to draw her curtain against the sun I couldn’t help but think how fast the years have slipped past. Sometimes I want to set the hour glass on its side–pause–keep the moment before me in that frame as it is, not let it end. Tonight at Kodiak’s soccer game was […]
Music that Leads to Emotional Lockdown: Twisted Mix-Tape Tuesday
Super thrilled to take on another week of Jen Kehl’s, Twisted Mix Tape. This week the theme is: This Song Could Have Sent Me to Jail. Want to join the fun? Great! Create your own and join the Twisted Mix Tape Link-up here. Well the way I see it “JAIL” is a relatively loose […]
Nature’s Bounty
The Promise of a New Day. The way the air smells after the rain. . Nature’s dance: Murmuration.
Reframing Memory: Thoughts on being a Granparent
It was a rainy autumn day—leaves stuck to the road, windshield wipers kept time to the soft fluttering beat of my heart. What had been a conversation between my mother and me had ended. After the words hung between us as if strung out on a clothesline. “Do not ever expect me to be the […]
The (not so) Big Reveal
Looks as if I won this round of 5 Truths, 1 Lie. No one came close. Of course only 3 people played, versus the 90+ on my new friend Jen’s blog, so I’m thinking statistically speaking the odds were in my favor to pull off the lie… 1). I love going to the beach and […]
Missing the Mark: Unraveling a Convoluted Blog Post
Have you ever sent a message that was completely misconstrued? Well I have. It happened yesterday. After I re-read my words this morning three things occurred to me: 1. There are three, if not four, blogs inside of one. 2. I was emotionally charged 3. I shouldn’t have hit publish. What’s done is done. Or […]