Epistle -Li-Young Lee
Of wisdom, splendid columns of light
waking sweet foreheads,
I know nothing
but what I’ve glimpsed in my most hopeful of daydreams.
Of a world without end,
amen,
I know nothing,
but what I sang of once with others,
all of us standing in the vaulted room.
But there is wisdom
in the hour in which a boy
sits in his room [...]
Despite the miserable nature of the cold virus, I find my day studded with wonderful things:
-Adam, who kept me laughing and well fed before he went to work because “You don’t eat when you’re sick.” I don’t remember telling him that I don’t eat much when sick, and I haven’t been sick that often since [...]
I have been listening incessantly to Over the Rhine these days. It’s nice to take a short break with some more (always more) Badly Drawn Boy. It seems to me that British music tastes best on coldish rainy days.
The third draft of my story is going really well, largely due to the fact [...]
I’ve been (very slowly) reading Nelson Mandela’s autobiography. I can’t seem to read it quickly, and I can’t seem to put it down. His story entrances me in a patient sort of way. The thing that strikes me most every time is that he was not simpy fighting for the rights of his people, but [...]
I’ve been some these days about things that are important to me, about things I want to do and the woman I want to be. In this thinking, I discovered something new I would like to do. I would like to take Adam to the places I have been that have marked me.
I want to [...]
Just taking a moment of my luscious day off- filled with wine drinking at 3:00pm with (truly) one of the most amazing human beings on the planet, delicious edits, delightful grocery shopping with my Adam, and scheming little surprises- to tell you that my husband’s site is up and running again. Take a look! [...]
My love’s hair is autumn hair, there
the sun ripens.
-Li-Young Lee
journey from a to b
The cold weather is back, and so is waking up early just to lie in bed enjoying the warmth of blankets and cold air through the window and bake cheese bread and listen to music in a chilly room with hot tea.
Money seems to be on the mind a lot lately. It’s time to begin paying off my student loans, and will soon be time to figure out how we want to pay for Adam’s upcoming studies. I am beginning to understand how expensive school is, and how burdensome loans are. I am beginning to understand [...]