This will not be a huge post, not intended to change other people’s lives, nor for getting page views, or for furthering other bloggy-world accomplishments, but it is about my biggest, best, most wonderful accomplishment in this world: My daughter Phoebe. She is pictured below with her fiancé, Adam. I love her more than life itself. […]
Resolutions You Can Live With
Last January I wrote a post about the “word” meme that swept across social media posts. My word was infrastructure. I succeeded in imposing some order upon my life. But at the same time I became reacquainted the impermanence of everything. Life’s genie is a trickster and reminds us that all is perspective. Framing 2014 served to reinforce my understanding […]
Siblings and Older Foster Kids Need Parents
Regular readers will find this to differ from my usual post, at first glance. Social action that sees light on this blog is often political, but at this time of the year, when everyone is thinking of family, family gatherings, and tradition, I’ve decided to take a moment to consider youths whose family structure is so fragmented […]
Four Weeks in February
I previously have written about being the hostess for a posted writing challenge that is not all overly challenging. No, it should not be challenging just to complete, the challenge should be to write meaningfully and add to the group’s voice, if you are one of the people for whom the challenge will be designed. I should […]
Plotting and Scheming Out of the Darkness
I cannot seem to finish the posts I am writing. I lose interest with tasks if I do not complete them in one pass through. It is not exactly disinterest which I associate with depression. It is sort of a numbness. Rainy and cloudy days in Tucson, Winter’s arrival, might explain my blah-ness. Reacting to […]
Posting On vs. Writing About Life Stages
You can tell the academic in me is on home turf when I start talking about structure and function, about la lengue and la parole, about emic and etic. ( Note: This is a most semiotic post.) I have been writing posts non-stop this month. These past week has seen a lull in my posting. So I failed […]