Category: Miscellany

Dear Audrey :: Five Weeks Old

   You are five weeks old - long and lovely and smiley in the mornings. Sometimes you laugh in your sleep. You lift your head with stunning strength. When your daddy talks, it is fully apparent that you know his voice - and you are contented in his arms. If I try to dress you […]

No. Never. --- Maybe.

That summer in Bangladesh? I chose that specific project, from a missions catalog that came in the mail. There were other trips, to more glamorous places: England or France or New Zealand. That year in the RV? We chose it - to give up our jobs, our health insurance, our upscale grocer, the comforts of […]

the summer of 97

It is the summer of 1997. I am 15 and have just spent the last month in a small village in Bangladesh. Every morning, I wake up on a thin mattress on the bottom bunk, surrounded by mosquito netting. I shake out my boots, frogs flying everywhere, and grab a roll of toilet paper - […]

grief

Slicing beef for fajitas in our kitchen, I lean against the counter and cry. His face framed in my memory. His laugh forever frozen in time. Later, we go to his grave. The dirt is still wet and uneven. Too new for a stone. Tim and I stand there, in sunglasses, with questions shaking our […]

It's a good year to "act local"

One afternoon last week, it snowed.  Just like that.   The next day, it was 70 degrees. Sunny with blue skies. Tucson is unpredictably lovely like that. Tim and I launched a new project on January 1st - TucsonTopia.com. It's the best place for Tucson people to find out about "where to go, what to […]

I'm 30 now (thank you for remembering)

The girls sang "Happy Birthday" to me for four days straight. Liv colored a dozen pictures and kept announcing, "It's a present - FOR YOU!" Kayla insisted that I receive flowers - lime and purple and cherry red.    Tim did the remarkable things he does every day. He did laundry. Loaded the dishwasher. Scratched […]

2012*

Every morning in 2012, I'm going to wake up with the thought that something wonderful is about to happen. The best thing about that pledge is that something wonderful always will - because I'm surrounded by the best people ever. [Hint: My Family]. These are my hopes + dreams for 2012 and beyond - NOT […]

how to protest :: a guide for OCCUPIERS

Throughout history, there have been times to stand up for a good cause. To congregate for the betterment of society. To give voice to the voiceless. To put aside self and make sacrifices in order to protect the current and future generations. The OCCUPY movement is not one of them. Following please find some basic […]

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