I'm sitting at my dining room table, the crumbs of another take out dinner close by and the to-do list a mile long. I am very aware of these things. Instead, I breath deep and choose the semi-quiet of an unexpected moment. The cicadas sing outside and I have the heaviness of summers remembered settle down on my shoulders. I remember the first time it happened as a young adult. I … [Read more...]
Today, I'm raising my mug from the original Starbucks in Seattle that has a k-cup of freshly brewed pikes place roast in it. Cheers! To you who are a walking cliche without realizing it. When you leave the house on casual Fridays in skinny jeans, Tom's shoes, a cool thrift store shirt, hipster glasses, vintage jewelry (with a story), and hair perfectly disheveled with your earbud … [Read more...]
I'm here in a season of change. I haven't gone this long without writing since I was pregnant with Sawer. It's not for writer's block, lack of inspiration or even not enough time. I have sat down to write dozens of times in the last few weeks with a dam of pent up thoughts that simply won't come out the way I want them to. There have been times I've stared wide-eyed at the computer screen with … [Read more...]
If you read Sherry's post earlier this week, I was the friend at the beach. It's strange isn't it, the void of silence echoing from the mountains to the beaches. Oddly poetic, no? :) You know that place of silence in a movie that is a split second of dramatic foreshadowing before something startles you? Well, that is what last week was to this one. You see, I walked my feet raw at the beach, … [Read more...]
