11 years

Eleven years ago today, BJay and I got married. What I remember from that morning are
1. I didn’t want to wash my hair the day before because I didn’t want my hair to be too curly.
2. I didn’t have any white shoes so I wore slippers with my wedding dress (even [...]

If you don’t hear from me…

The Reindeer Shop project I signed up for is at mission critical. We have less than 2 weeks to go and we’re at just over 1/2 of our completed inventory. I’m in the midst of a sewing nightmare/frenzy. I will be finished with this just in time to get my own Christmas [...]

Bikini Atoll

I wrote this in college during my Anthropology of War class. The subject was obviously Bikini Atoll, site of nuclear testing in the Pacific.
I am amazed what this world has done to itself
The flash and terrible roar of might
Scorching everything in its path
We are left weak and ignorant
Our skin flapping about like goat’s ears
pierced [...]

Love Poetry

I’ve been searching through old files remembering people I’ve forgotten, reading letters.  Do you remember letters?  Its been a decade since I got a letter.  I’m amazed that hand-written letters ever even existed.  Anyway, I was amused by some of my old poetry.  I’m not sharing the horrible stuff.  Re-reading that was punishment enough.  I [...]

Let it be

My dad took me and my sisters to see a Beatles tribute band in Raleigh last week.  There is something beautifully sad about this song.  It speaks to me.  If the world was in turmoil when this song was written, it can’t be anything compared to what it is now.  The [...]

What I love best about being a mother

In college I fell in love with India.  There was some unexplained connection for me.  All it took was one slide show of the busy, chaotic streets of Bombay and I was hooked.  I was transformed.  I was 19 and living at home and I knew that had to go to India.
When I made it [...]

Congradulations Obama

We have taught our children that when someone has beat you in a race, it is very important to congratulate them.  I would have preferred a different outcome from this election but I had to put on the big girl pants last night when it was obvious very early on that my candidate was not [...]

Do it

The writers who put the words in their mouths can see what’s going on

You should read this article by Wendy Button, speach writer for Obama, Edwards, and Clinton on this election.  Here are some of my favorite lines:
“As the nation slouches toward disaster, the level of political discourse is unworthy of this moment in history. We have Republicans raising Ayers and Democrats fostering ageism with “erratic” and jokes [...]