Living in my Saraness
So I’ve been back in graduate school for one month. It is far more things than I could possibly tell you about right now, dear reader. It has been immense. But in finding my way around a new campus, a new office, a new teaching load, and a research community in which I intend to … Continue reading
California Dreaming
Do you ever have these vivid little childhood memories pop back into existence? Never anything drastic or exciting, but those deeply human moments where the world turns differently or the sky is out of focus and life grows. For some reason, tonight, I thought of my first trip to California. When I was small, not … Continue reading
Wellness
I am sitting in the doctor’s office. The first time in a few years. Not because anything is wrong. I’m just getting to a place where I care about preventative care and wellbeing. So to the physical I go. Perhaps it’s the onslaught of family illness and diagnoses. That’s certainly part of it. One’s own … Continue reading
Swimming against the grain
I work for a big fancy university. The powers that be there conveniently provide a shuttle from the thoroughfare at the end of my road straight to my office. It’s a very lucky thing and saves me untold mental strain and dollars during hustling rush hour commutes. But because it’s on the busiest street in … Continue reading
Summer creeps and leaps to life all out of order. And never quite what I expect. Yesterday was summer because I could see the residual flush of a long sunny walk the day before in my skin. Today is summer because I bite into leftover corn on the cob straight from the fridge, with its … Continue reading
Goodness & luck
Meetings ran late, dying to get home. Spy the bus out the window and decide to make a run for it – jump puddles, slip in mud, laugh maniacally and catch your bag in the door just in time. Invigorated, reach for your phone. No. Phone. Did You leave it on the desk? No, checked … Continue reading
Small Mercies
It’s been a tough fall. Tough schedule, tough travel, challenging projects (in mostly good ways), tough politics, tough times. But today I had such a rush of pleasure from the littlest things. That I needed the car and my loving spouse was willing to take the train (which he hates) and that we live in … Continue reading
The Almost Perfect Morning
Wake in the cool dawn. Snuggle-spoon for a few minutes, soft and sleepy. Pad out to the quiet house. Stretch while the kettle hums and hisses. Milky tea and a bite of a novel or perhaps a spot of writing. Breakfast and a chat, plan our day and put things to rights. Prepare for what’s … Continue reading
Simplify
things are manic this fall. I’m teaching a night class; Beanie’s seeing evening clients; I’m traveling a bunch, especially right at the end of my talk tour season. We can go whole weeks without an evening at home. So normal nesting routines of slow roasted squash and seasonal charm will be seized in small moments … Continue reading
Wisdom of the Day
Life is too short for pens that don’t work and clothes that don’t fit right. Be gone, unreliable fiends.
Que Sera Sara? 