The turret in the mammoth white Victorian home on Summit Avenue, Winchester, Massachusetts was where my father lived for a time. He had his office and all his essentials in that room. It was my grandparents’ home, but they were in Florida for a season or two. Everything in that house was large, from the…
Read MoreSlow slow quick quick
Morning comes way too soon when you stay up into the wee hours of the morning talking to your babysitter and your kids wake you up like an alarm clock in the morning. I have no regrets, however, that I spent that time listening and talking with the kids’ sitter, but I am oh so…
Read MoreRare form
The kids are in rare form today. Both incredibly cute and playing better than they’ve played together in a while, but also mischievous beyond what I’ve ever seen. Being a Saturday, we mostly hang about the house doing various home things. The kids were supposed to go up to their room and clean up. It…
Read MoreDo Nothing
“How do you do Nothing?” asked Pooh, after he had wondered for a long time. “Well, it’s when people call out at you just as you’re going off to do it. What are you going to do, Christopher Robin, and you say; Oh, nothing, and then you go and do it.” A.A. MILNE THE HOUSE…
Read MoreThe thorns that hide the truth
Go with me on this. I had to ramble and explore words today. With no aim, and most likely no message. But in an effort to get back to writing and finding words and phrasing that create worlds and pictures (draw you away), I will spout on … I stopped the world today. In the…
Read MoreWhere’s the joy?
It’s March and the icy cold is penetrating my bones. Where\’s the subtle warmth and the green? It’s okay, the weather reflects my state of mind now anyway and I can’t escape it, either through prayer, reading the Bible or running away inside. If I have Christ in my heart, then where did my joy…
Read MoreSugar and spice
Aside from sugar and spice, they produce a healthy dose of tears, thrive on tattling, and form new and different clicks on a very regular basis. Who is hurting who’s feelings today? It’s such a give and take game; I can’t even keep up! It’s all about relationships, the good, the bad, and the ugly…
Read MoreVain imaginations
A letter from my Mom has come in the mail, which wouldn’t necessarily be noteworthy except for the fact that my mother and I do not have a relationship at this time for important and necessary reasons. I don’t know if she’s dying or if she’s just trying extra hard to know the woman who…
Read MoreBeing where I am to be
Things are back to some semblance of “normal”. The big invoices have come in (with still a few “out” there). I’m feeling much better (ah yes, this is health, and hunger, give me food I’m starving). Unfortunately I was unable to do all the things I planned this week pertaining to Sonya’s birthday and I…
Read MoreIt’s all an illusion
Maybe I’m just dreaming about being sick, and I\’ll wake up with no aches or pains or the absent memory of health and be well and ready to face a day with energy. I’ve long suspected that the time of recovery from an illness lengthens as we age, till eventually it’s a near constant state….
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