The other night when the kids went to bed, I had groceries still on the floor to put away, dishes to wash and other chores to do. I vascillated between anxiety and procrastination, pacing in the kitchen while partially finishing a task. I tried not to think of the piles of laundry upstairs still to […]
Entries from October 2004
The Art of Being: reflections
October 21st, 2004 · 1 Comment
Tags: journal
Grand Forest in the afternoon
October 21st, 2004 · Comments Off on Grand Forest in the afternoon
Today we were surprised with sun and I wanted to go for a walk in the island’s Grand Forest. Our stroll was short yet satisfying. There’s a glow to the woods, a translucence to the leaves, an enchantment that my camera can’t quite capture. The other day the girls and I went scrolling through Steven […]
Tags: island
Flickr fix for a four -year-old
October 21st, 2004 · Comments Off on Flickr fix for a four -year-old
Our middle daughter Michaela is articulate, funny and helpful. She can keep up with her older sister in many ways. Sometimes Ted and I forget she is only four. The balloon she received as a birthday gift earlier this month lost its lift and had been sagging on the floor, a deflated dragonfly. I explained […]
Tags: geek
I said I love you
October 20th, 2004 · 3 Comments
The other day, it was my turn to receive a revelation in the frozen food aisle. A few weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon I went shopping for groceries without the girls. List in hand, I had hoped for an efficient trip, one where I wouldn’t forget anything or have to stop to sort out […]
Tags: journal
Dance positions
October 20th, 2004 · 1 Comment
The other day I was goofing around with the girls and teaching them all the square dance I know… which consists of spinnning each other around and yelling “do si do”…They seemed interested in learning more, so then I was left with the dilemma of trying to teach us dancing somehow. At the library, I […]
Tags: marriage
