I’m creeped out all over. I have so much good news to post, and a wonderful vacation full of photos to describe, but right now, all I can think about is the infestation we’ve discovered this week. First I woke up covered in red spots (bites), and this morning the exterminator’s sweet bedbug-sniffing dog (a [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Bedbugs (sigh)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, community living, New York on February 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Forgiveness
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Conscious, floor mates on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have lots of things to post, from the last week, but something has been on my mind; I think I need to act upon it, and I think I shall write before I act.
I live in a community of about twenty people; we share a kitchen, bathroom, and common space. At the beginning of [...]
Mmm: truffles
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cooking, Valentines on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
St. Valentine’s Day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cooking, Valentines on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I make tiny paper Valentines–I’ve been making them for years. My first one was a line drawing of a wheelbarrow on white paper, glued to the front of a red cardstock card; on the inside was William Carlos Williams’s famous red wheelbarrow poem. That’s all. I love little cards, small sealed envelopes, special greetings. I [...]
Dreams of former majorettes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, dreams, Memory on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone has her own anxiety dream, I suppose. Naked on the first day of school, giving a speech with no preparation, late for an exam… Mine always involve baton twirling. I started twirling baton when I was around four, and twirled all through junior high and high school. In high school, I did parades, local [...]
Am I a Puritan?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged prayer, Religion, self-doubt on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One problem (or fruit) that always hangs on me when I do daily prayer: I begin to take account of all of my thoughts and behaviors, throughout the day. At the end of the day, as I pray, I go over them in my mind, asking for forgiveness and seeking ways to avoid them the next.
I [...]
Snow in NYC
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged New York City on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I know, and yet don’t do
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged habits, inner-life, Religion on February 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, it’s been less than a week, and I am already comfortable with the way I look without make-up. I just saw Carrie Underwood perform on the Grammys (great, huge hair and eyelashes), and I did wistfully wish I could pile on some mascara tomorrow. But other than that, I’ve been feeling fine.
However…it’s still Lent. [...]
Days 1, 2, and 3
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Lent, make-up on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I can happily report that I am thinking about going out without make-up less and less, and will probably not spend the entire period of Lent thinking (and writing) about my bare-faced trepidations.
On the first day, I spent extra time on my hair, and took a photo of myself before I left for work so [...]
Hello, baby girl
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Family, gratitude, self-worth on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
M.’s brother and sister-in-law are new parents. The new father used his blog to post several Voice Posts, as delivery drew closer, and once the baby was born. Listening to him describe the baby, and say her name–in a hushed, wondrous whisper–was inspiring. It made me grateful for family, and for hope. Babies are all [...]
