Monthly Archive: February 2016

Home Depot, Behr representative in the paint department wants to help me. Her name is Carmen, how much help can she be in my particular situation? Trying to pick out a teal. Or blue?...

15, feels like 15. Went outside once today, cold burned my face. The bees are protected, I hope, with a wrap of insulation. Pipes in the mudroom froze. Heat gun going all day didn’t...

I am planning in advance 1% of the performance, i.e. I am thinking about what I might do on the first day. I have several ideas, but won’t really decide until the night before...

Height 5’7″ weight 147 BMI 23 Cholesterol 223 HDL 84 LDL 125 Iron 77 slightly elevated Phosphorous (should eat less beans, shellfish, nuts) Elevated blood pressure some slight hearing loss vision in my left...

Inspired as usual by On Being’s podcast, this time the story of a teenager and a meeting in a magic shop. Encounter, connection, puzzle pieces falling into place. Words may act like this, or...

Researcher on children learning language – she reminds us to acknowledge our innate capacities as child-rearers, just as required as the innate capacities of children. I remember catching my breath when my young children...

New staff member, chatty, tells me why she’ll be out on Wednesday. She has to appear in court, a victim of a robbery. A woman grabbed her purse, and she pursued her on the...