Goings On
driving the tractor, pulling fence posts, hauling cedar, making dinner. sometimes life takes strange paths. I never imagined this. I’m a country girl……….. with patent leather heels, an extreme sensitivity to the beauty of melancholy music and poetry, an affinity for fairy tales and Europe, and a scholarly mind. but here I am plunging through [...]
It’s my favourite way to commemorate the year just past. I hope you enjoy the following collection of quotes from 2011. Dad: Now, this is a narrow street, so watch how I make this U-turn. *makes turn while explaining* Okay, so see how tight that was? Sometimes U-turns are illegal, though, so you know not [...]
“I felt it first when I was younger… a strange connection to the light. I tried to satisfy the hunger; I never got it right. So I climbed a mountain and built an altar… looked out as far as I could see. And everyday I’m getting older. I’m running out of dreams. (I’m running out [...]
I took a week off from real life. I wandered up and down the bank of the Frio River like a wanderer come home, stepping on the same ground I visit every year. I remembered a game I made up when I was very young: trying to walk as far as possible without touching anything [...]
Tonight, Alan was looking through a “Search and Find” (think I-SPY) book with me. “I found a hole. Oh wait, no, that’s a puddle.” “That’s a giraffe. It’s supposed to be at the zoo. But it’s not. I wonder how we can get it to the zoo?” “Why is that girl standing up?” “I found [...]
