I am in here.
Downsides of today: rain snow melting snow ice cloudy sky it’s February Upsides of today: it’s not as cold as it has been the cats are okay, mostly it’s quiet I have enough cheese, crackers and wine to last for weeks it’s almost March
February is built for slowness, I think. All the fun winter holidays are over, and we are way past the newness of snow and cold weather. In fact, it wears on us. We have seen it. We want other colors now! I read the Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu. 1100 years ago, in the … Continue reading Slowness
Grief is starting to manifest itself in my life as a tendency to self-destructive behavior. I was not self-destructive when Dad died. With Mom dying, though, the grief is so different. Subterranean. Desires to escape — the vodka, the imaginary mudding worlds. And it’s so hard to be in this world, literally: the deep snow … Continue reading Grief
Snow all through Cincinnati, and most pointedly, our house. And even more pointedly, all over my car, which is my one means of Equality of Movement! Sent the son out to clean it off – after, of course, explaining to him that I can’t do that because my open-toed boot thingy would let my bad … Continue reading snow.
white pebble 