This space where we spend time gives me peace. Dark and cramp, in a tent in a backyard campsite. Simple slumber on the ground with our children, their quiet breathing and bodies shifting position as they sleep. This quiet time and place gives me peace. Thankful for this time and place. So simple, necessary during …
Month: August 2020
Let It Ride
When the kids want to play, if you can, let it ride. It's a fine line, how far they go, but if they're ok, let it ride. Just recently I was thinking that might be a game on. I don't take the time too often to watch sports, and I thought that might be nice. …
GRATITUDE
10 days into the month. 1/2_Full, All GOOD blog off to a good start for August. Much MUCH appreciated. More GOOD getting out there into the world, and the ready therapy of writing having a smoothing effect on this crazy time, calming, settling, just the salve needed. That’s the tip for the day: WRITE. Bonus …
Edge
This word rolling through my head, several images, thoughts coming to mind. EDGE. Hmm, maybe it's the opposite: Several images, thoughts rolling through my head, and this word comes to mind. Another dinner gone sideways, everyone animated about things mostly other than the plate of food in front of them. Stumble, struggle through -- I …
In Parallel
One of my favorite concepts from geometry, imagery still floats in my head all these years, decades later. Parallel lines drawn with a ruler and pencil, precision work. Must have my dad's influence when I was a kid; he was a math teacher. I think of "parallel" in other context: Often we work in parallel …
12 days of Christmas and the Last Weekend Before School Starts
The kids and I, we’ve been camping in the back yard every weekend since the 4th of July. It’s been great fun. I’m delighted they say “Yes!” every weekend I’ve asked them if they want to do it again. It’s a great example of their maturity, dealing with the sounds and mild discomfort and sometimes …
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Tent Sounds, 9, 7, 6
A little snippet from the campsite... Imagine critters moving around in the darkness, children's excited voices, the low hum of air conditioning units off in the distance... Enjoy.
Spam and Rice
Simple food, simple joy comfort food, comfort, full stop. Easy to make, made with love, for the taste, for those who will taste, it, tasty treat, simple, good. Rice cooker steams, warms the kitchen. The crackle as the frying pan fries, little meaty cubes, sizzle sizzle sizzle; something like bacon, tho’ not as much grease, …
Lyrics Post: “Here and Heaven”
Just what is it, a Goat Rodeo? According to a Slang Dictionary, “A goat rodeo is a slang term for something going totally, unbelievably, disastrously wrong, and there’s nothing left to do but to sit back and watch the trainwreck. In other words, a goat rodeo is a chaotic situation, fiasco, or, more vulgarly, a …
Blog Snippet: Two for One, Tuesday
Yesterday, ha! Had forgotten a post was already written, scheduled; didn’t see the app updated with it listed. So wrote another, set it up to launch, that made two blog posts for one day. No matter, double the good for the day, 2 is better than none, gotta say. Fun to write, everyday. Feel more …
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