posted by Mel
Two posts in one day! This one will be a little more empowered than the last. We haven’t posted a lot about the fiasco that is home remodeling. The worst part of the whole thing for me (besides not being able to bake for months) has been the countertops.
When we purchased cabinets and countertops (Vanessa did all [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 31, 2008
Proud of myself
October 31, 2008
Bigger
posted by Mel
I woke up huge this morning. I think it happened overnight. I’ve gained at least 2, possibly 3 lbs this week. I’m not complaining about that. That signals to me that she’s growing. But I’m suddenly so awkward. I had to spin out of bed on my tailbone and put my feet over [...]
October 27, 2008
School Days
posted by Mel
Thank you, everyone, for your well wishes and support.
In other non password-protected news (remember, please, not to respond in a password-protected kind of way to non-protected posts here), Simone now has a daycare provider. When I was 3 years old, my mother sent me to a preschool I adored, and I’m pleased to say [...]
October 24, 2008
Underground for a while
posted by Mel
The time has come for a password-protected post or two or three or four. Too much is going on that I want to keep away, for now, from the prying eyes of casual RL acquaintances, co-worker lurkers, and family. If you know me well enough for me to have already discussed some private [...]
October 17, 2008
Just Sharing
You can call on beauty still and it will leap
from all directions
you can write beauty into the cruel file
of things done things left undone but
once we were dissimilar
yet unseparate that’s beauty that’s what you catch
Adrienne Rich
from Part 7 of “Calle Vision”
from Dark Fields of the Republic
