Maybe I’ll blog, I think with no real intention (again) of putting effort behind the thought. But then, today, I read the blog of a “friend”–basically someone I met while studying for my MFA- whose words have always touched me in ways I can’t explain. Today they made me cry while I read them.ContinueContinue reading “Motherhood and Letting Go”
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Not Where I Thought I’d Be
I’m walking the halls of a middle school headed into the Media Center (what used to be called the Library) where I work. As I open the door I’m surrounded by books. Thousands of them. Written by writers I admire, and some that I don’t. I can’t help but think about the millions of wordsContinueContinue reading “Not Where I Thought I’d Be”
Wrinkle Blanket
As I look into her face, a face I have been looking into since I was born, I lose myself in her wrinkles. Some fine and barely there, others etched in as deep as if carved there by a stone-cutter. To her the wrinkles are sometimes valued; but mostly unwanted as they mark the passingContinueContinue reading “Wrinkle Blanket”
The Cookbook
I am updating a family cookbook for an upcoming family reunion. This isn’t writing, per se. More like copying old recipes my mother had written down and given to us years ago. We have added about 80 family members since then so I felt like we needed to add new family recipes to the onesContinueContinue reading “The Cookbook”
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