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• Her Name is Mary Oliver

  

  I was snuggling Theo in his bed last night. Pure treasure time. Time when we can talk about anything; time when we talk about everything. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2017 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Between Worlds

  

  A dream, anxiety, and the train's whistle woke me in the middle of the night. I looked around the room bathed in moonlight. I felt sweaty, anxious. I had been... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2017 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Now

  

  It has been a very long time since I was last here. But let's not begin there. Let's begin right here, right now...I am sitting on the floor in my new bedroom. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2016 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Delicious

  

  I'm reeling the tape of summer memories backwards in my mind, slowly relishing each note in the now quiet September day. It is very possible that these past... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2016 DIARIES, FAMILY

• The I's

  

  I am a wanderer. I have always been. I covet being alone, or with a very select few. I always have.My bones were shaped in the same way shells are made: washed... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2016 DIARIES, FAMILY

• I Think It Would Be Well, and Proper, and Obedient, and p...

  

  I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2016 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Between Worlds

  

  It was the night of Theo's ninth birthday, the day's festivities coming to a sweet, sweet close. We had just tucked both boys into their beds and turned out... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2016 DIARIES, FAMILY

• The Thing About Light is That It Really Isn't Yours; It's...

  

  The thing about light is that it really isn't yours; it's what you gather and shine back. And it gets more power from reflectiveness; if you sit still and take... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2016 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Well, Hello!

  

  Shortly after the boys left for school this morning, I went into the bathroom. I looked up at myself and caught hold of my own eyes looking back at me. Time wen... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2016 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Mute

  I had been on the waitlist at the library for the book I'd been hearing raves about for many months - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Really

  

  "Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul." -Alice WalkerI've been telling myself on occasion lately that I'm going to give... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 DIARIES, FAMILY

• H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald

  There is a time in life when you expect the world to be always full of new things. And then comes a day when you realise that is not how it will be at all. You... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Each and Every

  

  The albums on my mother's shelves are full of family photographs. But also other things. A starling with a crooked beak. A day of hoarfrost and smoke. A cherry... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2015 DIARIES, FAMILY

• One Breath at a Time

  

  I've been staying away from words, from language. Death recently came to my door and left me gutted, broken, touching everything and anything with stark eyes an... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2015 DIARIES, FAMILY

• This Morning

  

  I stepped outside this morning to empty the compost bin. An inhale of cold air and the feel of frigid concrete on my bare feet awakened my senses before I even... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 DIARIES, FAMILY

• "The Doors to the World of the Wild Self Are Few but Prec...

  

  "The doors to the world of the wild self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 DIARIES, FAMILY

• "We Enter into a Family Story, and Then Other Stories Bas...

  

  "We enter into a family story, and then other stories based on tribal clans, on tribal towns and nations, lands, countries, planetary systems, and universes. Ye... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 DIARIES, FAMILY

• The Work We Never See

  

  A few days ago, I was standing in a dark room watching a monitor display images of my son's heart. His eight year old body, lying on his side with wires attache... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 DIARIES, FAMILY

• "The Very Flight of Birds is a Writing Waiting to Be Read...

  

  "The very flight of birds is a writing waiting to be read."-Leigh Ann Henion, Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2015 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Just Write.

  

  Write what you know.I was standing in the kitchen yesterday, leaning over the sink with my back to the boys. Little rivers of peach juice ran down my arms as I... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 DIARIES, FAMILY