Summer Calls and Kids Help It

  Summer is at midpoint and I notice myself and people around me alternating between a panic and plodding moes. We like a collective ant colony movealong the path of seasonal tasks and pleasure. Produce and blossoms come in waves and I pick and pack away. The waves and the summer sun beckon and I [...]

Mothering in Retrospect

It’s interesting being the mother of older children. My roll has changed from one who made things ok, made things happen, knew (supposedly) all the answers, and gave up my nights, my comfort ( wet sandy snuggles at the beach for instance and bouquets of flowers I was allergic to), my preferences, my beauty( [...]

I HAVE An Irony

“I HAVE A VOICE” was the first thing that made me laugh today.
  It is proclaimed from my daughter’s teenage wall. Song hung it up on her return from a rally where she also collected laryngitis. Irony often makes me smile.
  Another one: I found myself feeling sorry for firegal’s orphaned plants she left bundled [...]