Monthly Archive: May 2016

gender fluidity

motivated by feminism my whole life wanting a career, my own money, making decisions for myself the Robert Bly panel raised the question what if a gender fluid person walked into a men’s gathering...

may day

dates pinned down: May 31 for U Boxes in the driveway June 21 for U Boxes shipped to Surry, Maine May 27 (Friday) 6pm for masonry repair estimate tasks today: took filing cabinet to...

wounded in the line of duty

long day trying to do too much around 5:30 a loud cry from the basement I descend two flights of stairs at top speed to find Sam clutching his leg through blood soaked pants...

painting

okay today’s the day to face it learn to paint this trim patch all the holes with putty ranging vertically from floor to ceiling the full circumference of two rooms then traverse again with...

new york friday

I declare this Friday free and take off into the city (after an hour of cleaning) a sketch-out and another shop-a-thon at Gudrun’s where I explore the possibility of purchasing a reinvented life many...

silence in the snowy fields

a life in poetry I once aspired to it encountering Robert Bly along the way a huge presence, a brief personal encounter – gave him a lift from New Hampshire workshop to the Hartford...

housing crisis

staff meeting, four women, all experiencing a type of housing crisis – bought a ranch, gutting and remodeling – contractor skipped town leaving work undone – town has to approve, plans have a million...