It’s cold and possibly icy here in Dallas, and I’m sleep-deprived. So tonight’s offering will be brief. A lesson in persistence. “Make a way out of ‘no way.’” Come up with a creative solution. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Even if you are a beagle. I wonder how many attempts it [...]
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A man, a plan, a canal — Panama! I think of this palindrome a lot. And the first part of it applies, strangely. Yesterday, on 60 Minutes, Andy Rooney did a little fluff piece of watches and timepieces. I didn’t really listen — I was waiting for the Amazing Race, which was very cool and [...]
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I find myself derailed by the slightest thing these days… apparently, it’s part of grief. Of “complicated grief,” that is. No, I can’t just have the garden variety “wear black for mourning then get on with life” grief. I have to get the complicated form… which is a lot like driving a car with a [...]
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While drinking my one perfect cup of coffee this morning, I watched a willow tree next to a little pond. As its branches floated gracefully up and down on the breeze in typical willowy gorgeousness, I was proud that I’d taken the willow as my namesake. Half of my namesake. What that willow taught me [...]
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This is the time of year – early fall – when everything is scheduled on top of everything else on the weekends. Festivals, fairs, exhibits, workshops. Garage sales are in full swing, grocery stores are bursting with gorgeous local produce, pick your own pumpkin patches are crowded. At home, I have a backlog of little [...]
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I am travelling to Georgia today for the funeral of my aunt, who was 90. My father’s sister, she is the last of the older generation. A true Southern lady, she had encyclopedic knowledge of our family. I can only hope that some of this is represented in the letters and photos that she left [...]
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Today is the first day of the major network TV season, marked last night by the (sycophantic) Emmys. While I admire the accomplishments of people who are funny, awesome and talented, and have watched TV regularly since I was about five, I am dumping my cable box today. Blasphemy! Anathema! It’s the FIRST day of [...]
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I have returned from Africa, and I am jet-lagged, -whelmed (I pendulum between under and over on an hourly basis) with my life here, and changed. This might shock you, or not surprise you. If it thrills you, please do write to me or comment. I am this woman, and I am a hunter. For [...]
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There have been many many blog ideas come and go in the past few days. I cannot spend the time to do justice to any of them. I’m leaving for Africa on Monday, and my experience with international travel is that, despite global economy, it is unlikely that a Walgreen’s will be on every corner. [...]
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People often talk about the leap of faith, and act like it is a deliberate act. What I am finding is that one realizes that one has leapt after the fact, in mid-leap when you discover there is air between you and solid ground. Sometimes it’s an airy floaty feeling. Sometimes it’s a sinking “oh [...]
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