The summer sun was blazing hot, the air outside was motionless. Even with the windows open, no air stirred inside our home. I felt sticky and irritable. In my child’s mind, the solution was simple: Go to the city pool and jump in the cool, refreshing water. “It’s hot, Mama! May we go swimming?” “It’s […]
Today a woman somewhere is laughing, weeping, grieving, or celebrating. Someone is giving birth; someone is losing a loved one to death. Relationships are forming, others are ending. For some, this will be an ordinary day filled with many of the same activities as yesterday. For others, something unexpected will suddenly make this day unforgettable, one that they may tell their children and grandchildren about in the future. In the same way that we are curious about how our grandmothers lived, future generations will be interested in learning about what an ordinary day was like in our lives.
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One Woman's Day
July 26 – Making a Dent
Walking by the water’s edge on the property my husband Peter and I bought two years ago, I was struck with a sudden sense of pride as I gazed around at the various stacks of wood and cleared areas. I laughed when I remembered the day from hell when we drove up two months after […]
July 19 – A Beam of Light
Who am I? I am a writer. I write daily. I love words. I love the feel of words, the spirit of words, the rhythm of words, the touch of words, the meanings of words. To keep my craft fresh and my fingers and keys moving, the discipline of writing daily is essential. Each time […]
July 13 – COVID Roller Coaster
I sit at the kitchen table and study the wall calendar. I do this every-single- day. Three more days until the winter solstice here in the southern Hemisphere. Thirteen days til the end of the month. Then I’ll turn to a new page and continue counting days. Until quarantine ends. Until Covid-19 gets under control. […]
July 5 – Paper Boats Floating By
It seems just yesterday I was a child. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago. Where did all the years go? What remains of all those years, especially my childhood? Surely I have more than the neatly-mounted pictures stored in scrapbooks tucked away on a bookshelf! Occasionally, I visit my childhood home where […]
June 14 – Right Thing Too Late
Two women were approaching their car, parked under the pines at the Southeast branch library on Saturday. Returning from the library’s front door as I was stepping out of my own car, the older woman yelled across the parking lot, “Sorry, but the library is closed. There is a sign posted on the door. It […]
