I am back after one week, as promised, but because there are so many things going on in my head I don’t know where to start, or because there is only one thing that is important enough to say today, I will say only this: The book I am honored to participate in, the one spear-headed by the lovely Alexa… Read More
This past weekend we went to Normandy for a church retreat – to Forges-les-Eaux. It was a lot of fun. There was this old structure in place that I erroneously took for a sheep shearing centre – especially with the word “mouton” written on top, which means “sheep” and a big wheel that looked like a horizontal loom. Makes sense… Read More
I have three things to say, and then tomorrow we leave for a weekend in Normandy. 1. Fall this year has not been as much fun as usual. I normally love fall. I love the smells, the leaves turning colors, the fires in our fireplace, the pumpkin soups, the burgundy sweaters. I love that my birthday is in the fall… Read More
Did you ever see the Simpsons episode when Homer sold his soul for a donut? And then he proceeded to tempt the devil by eating most of the donut, but not all, so that Satan couldn’t actually steal his soul? And then he started sleep-walking to the fridge for his nighttime snack (where the rest of the donut remained)? Well…. Read More
When we returned from the States, my garden was one big weedy mess. This was right about the time I had a bunch of writing deadlines, was trying to recover from jet lag (and help my children recover from jet lag) – the time I was trying to prepare for the back to school frenzy, and when I was deciding,… Read More
Yesterday, Alexandra from the blog Good Day Regular People (my roommate at BlogHer and my friend) had to say goodbye to her mother. She first said goodbye on Monday, and in her own words, it was like this: “She gave us two deep sighs, then sailed away on poems and roses.” Alexandra then said goodbye again in her eulogy at the… Read More
