russian dolls

russian dolls

by | Feb 14, 2009 | continuous life | 4 comments

I am fascinated, and continue to find other writers who are fascinated, with the Russian doll aspect of life. With trying to get our minds around the fact that we are the same person who climbed out of a crib in the dark, who sat on one side of a see-saw at Spring...
the feminine mistake

the feminine mistake

by | Jan 26, 2009 | life, reviews, truth | 2 comments

I made it.  Quit my legal career when I was pregnant with child number three and sick, falling more and more behind on everything with each tick of the clock.  For whatever reason, there was no voice, from inside me or from anywhere else, encouraging me not to...
there it goes

there it goes

by | Jan 3, 2009 | life, the day | 2 comments

New Year’s Day is a pause for me.  I lie on the sofa and watch movies and football.  I let life happen outside of me and around me.  Then yesterday I spent the entire day in action–restoring order after the holidays.   Chopping wood, carrying water. ...
more than this

more than this

by | Dec 11, 2008 | Dani Shapiro, life | 3 comments

This morning, as I found myself wishing for an ordinary day without any of the extra tasks brought on by the holidays, I came across this passage from D. H. Lawrence’s Women in Love: “Ursula often wondered what else she waited for, besides the beginning...
concatenate

concatenate

by | Nov 26, 2008 | life, shapes | 1 comment

In Remembering the Bone House, Nancy Mairs writes, “Here I develop that ability to concatenate events which characterizes human consciousness and makes ‘daily life’ possible.” I had to look it up.  To concatenate is to link together, as in a...