Monthly Archives: May 2011

if i can meet your gaze

Sarah over at Momalom wrote this beautiful post last week. I mean, it’s really, really beautiful, I think. Anyway, I commented and she wrote me the loveliest email about thoughts my comment had stirred up for her. I’m never sure what to … Continue reading

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You sure do like you some keys, kid.

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the squid and the monkey bracelet

Ok, so first of all, I really should get a new camera (ours broke). Or a phone that’s remotely current. While I wouldn’t start offering Shirley any competition in the photograph department, I would be able to post a picture … Continue reading

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food, farm, fishy

Last night we all sat down together at our tattered dining room table and, for the first time, shared a meal. I made a stir-fry–zucchini and summer squash, eggplant and onion, carrot and mushroom and basil and tempeh. I went … Continue reading

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eleven months

That today marks the completion of your eleventh month knocking around on your own on this little planet means that one month from today will mark your completion–our completion–of one year, a year I never imagined would come full circle, … Continue reading

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