i love this perspective of the snow we're received in the past week.  it's been a struggle to keep up, but at the end of the day this is what snow is about.  a break from the norm.  beauty in the every day. a time for everyone to step back and remember what it felt like when you were a kid, and a day of snow meant nothing more than bundling up and ( Read more... )

hi, 2010. i'm writing because something fantastic is going to happen tonight - my husband is going to cook dinner! people, it's all true! and it's even more wondrous than it seems!

i may or may not have mentioned it here, but i actually love cooking. one of my favorite things to do is test my patience and skills at following instructions (pretty ( Read more... )

he knew that all my other beginnings
had purpose in preparing me
for endings.

-frieda hughes

the christmas tree in my living room is giving me an empty stare. i hate to see it like this - i hate these anachronistic days inbetween, when you're floating around waiting for one thing to end so the next can begin. each year i face this, and it never ( Read more... )

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as usual, music is my savior. yesterday i was having a bad day and the only thing i could turn to was my dear itunes. i decided it was time for a new playlist - i dubbed it "hide the knives," but i promise i'm just making fun of myself for putting together a woe-is-me compilation ( Read more... )

i am always so amazed when the ordinary turns remarkable. every now and then there are moments that may seem mundane, but for a time they freeze and you uncover a truth that is so much bigger than the circumstance. one such event happened several years ago ( Read more... )

another year draws to a close, and i'm stuck here wondering what went wrong ( Read more... )

i tried to figure out which was worse - a reminder of the person i’d never have, or a hint at his future without me. that’s an impossible question. i think the physical manifestation and juxtaposition of the two in my dream was pretty remarkable, though ( Read more... )

this blog isn't dead, i promise.  think of it more as in a coma-like state.  a few years ago i said i was on hiatus, but as soon as i uttered the statement the incoming tide brought a lot of inspiration, so i had to eat my words.  this time, i'm just saying that i'm not gone.  i have no doubt it will spring back to life one of these days (not that ( Read more... )

it's roughly 3:00 on a random wednesday afternoon such as this one.  it's raining and cold, and i'm driving home after a long day at work.  my mind is on supplements and strategy day meetings as my ipod is meandering through its playlist.  and then in an instant, all of the present is gone and i'm whisked away to a time i haven't thought of in ( Read more... )