It is time, Reader, to put “Not Alice” to rest for a while…think of her as a grouchy bear retreating into her den to hibernate. I’ve loved my wonderful mornings with you, and for those of you who are new here, I apologize; but there are deadlines to meet and small books to welcome, and [...]
Archive for December, 2008
A Meeting
Posted in Friends, tagged "A Meeting", Blog, poetry, Wendell Berry on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Maria, There Isn’t Going to Be a Barronness
Posted in On the Town, tagged movies, Sound of Music on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We saw Seven Pounds with Norma and Starlee last night…I admit I was really lost and kept asking Norma (on my right) and Deb (on my left) what the heck was going on. I mean, you learn to trust the director and the writers that you’ll have the information you need when you need to [...]
Things to Look Forward To
Posted in Domestic, tagged benches, garden, global warming on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Global warming has its upside. Take yesterday, for instance. I worked coatless in the garden clearing out the annuals and cutting back the perennials…and, yes, they are already growing again. Poking around at the base of the perennials is one of my life’s annual pleasures…realizing the flowers don’t stop just because I can’t see what [...]
Gag Me
Posted in On the Town, tagged Mariemont Theater, movies, sentimentality, writing on December 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I could hardly sleep. Why?, you ask, dear Reader. Because the title of yesterday’s post drove me stark-raving mad…it followed me like a little gross thing all day long. So I got rid of it. Wiped it out. It is gone. And unless you’re really really good at this stuff, you won’t ever remember it. [...]
When Hair from the Brush Gets in the Painting
Posted in Art, tagged Christmas, fox, watercolor on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was taking some old apples out to the compost pile yesterday morning and watched what I thought was an orange cat curled up in a spot of sunlight just off the woods. It was a red fox. Probably one of the yelpy family that lives in the den not 10 feet beyond our property [...]
Fishing in the Keep of Silence
Posted in Poetry/Literature, tagged Fishing in the Keep of Silence, Linda Gregg, poetry on December 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Don’t fret if you check in here and find I haven’t posted in a few days. I’ll be back. I’ll be back even better.
Until then, I’m sharing one of my favorite poems to keep you company while I’m gone. It’s written by Linda Gregg, a California poet. I’ve committed it to memory. Maybe you can, [...]
Shape with Lion Body and the Head of a Man
Posted in Poetry/Literature, tagged Art, Griffin & Sabine, poetry, The Second Coming, W.B.Yeats on December 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My recently arrived Griffin & Sabine is riddled with allusions to Yeats’ “The Second Coming;” it’s like a stealth intersection of poetry and art. Very very cool. “The Second Coming” is one of the first poems I memorized…it’s still turning and turning in my brain….yep, I just tested it; I can still recite it. Some [...]
Invisible Things Are Eating My Shirts
Posted in Domestic, tagged mice, moths, Smartwool, wool on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wool is the answer. Right now I’m wearing Smartwool socks and a Smartwool shirt. My house is cold in the mornings, so this is the sweet old thing I put on right out of bed. I wear merino wool long underwear. I wear a wool hat, wool gloves, and wool ear warmers. I have a [...]
Not Well Defended
Posted in Family, tagged Christmas, Family, third place on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe it’s from eating so many cookies. Or maybe it’s because the days are short and busy and cold and I’m not exercising much other than walking Murphy. Or maybe it’s because my Christmas season always seems rushed and shortened because I travel to my parents’ home several days before Christmas. But I feel sluggish [...]
Snow Post
Posted in Domestic, tagged BMW, snow on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This spectacular snow insists on two posts today. And I mean it is a beauty…one of those big-flake snows. I was out doing Findlay Market work when it started, and I called Deb to say I would trade her my SUV for her finicky little rear-wheel drive BMW since she’s stuck at work and won’t [...]
