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"begin here. it is raining [and it has been]. without the interruptions, nourishing and maddening, this life would become arid. yet i taste it fully only when i am alone here and the house and i resume old conversations." ~ may sarton
a concert, trip to the library, catching up on netflix movies...the weekend is calling!
i miss my daughter. i miss the sun. i miss my beautiful friend and neighbor, jackie mosley (& family). i miss the historic downtown area; kamper park zoo; restaurants; the beverly drive-in; galleries; coffee joints; the entertainment. did i mention i miss the sun?! nothing has happened yet, but we are contemplating another change in zipcodes since my husband became unemployed. we hate the snow worse than the hurricanes. this means we might become neighbors! so, in honor of my homesickness, my friend kat and I are planning a giveaway. a bunch of mississippi (and possibly new york) goodness. we'll keep you posted.
"never think you've seen the last of anything." ~ eudora welty
"the speaker in this case is a middle-aged witch, me -- tangled on my two great arms, my face in a book and my mouth wide, ready to tell you a story or two." ~ anne sexton
it's back to being chilly again. we have been curled up at home today. no obligations. my hubby fixed osso buco, and there were no leftovers. i wish we owned a fire pit - i would have made smores outside under the stars.
saying yes this week to...finding a bohemian chic outfit for my daughter's graduation, dinner out with a friend at a new restaurant, copious amounts of dunkin donuts coffee, checking out this library book, eating baked pita chips with hummus, and listening to the decemberists new album.
i don’t know exactly how it happened, but in the space of about ten minutes, my daughter decided to join a roller derby team. supposedly, what doesn’t kill her will make her stronger. fortunately, it’s the only thing helping her survive these last few months in mississippi! hattiesburg has not been her soul-mate of a town. but now, she is a bona fide derby girl, with one bout and 2 penalties under her belt. i couldn't be prouder. proving she is more than just a bunch of scrapes, bruises, and girls on skates pushing into one another, my "sookie smashbox" is my superhero! i can't wait to see you in may for your graduation.
1. this little gem, located in my village of alfred, new york has the best japanese food. their soba noodles and creamy cauliflower soup are perfection. yum!
2. we have no bakery and i have been craving cupcakes!
3. sadly, embarrassingly, i have never mastered the art of using chopsticks. my daughter continues to mock me.
i had forgotten just how messy life can get! lessons not learned from the past coming back to haunt, bad luck, timing, the economy...apparently my guardian angel is out for a smoke! my eyes are wide open right now and i am hoping my husband lost his job for reasons yet unknown. new adventures? reinventing ourselves? being able to sell the house? moving someplace where the sun actually shines? so, while i wallow in my misery and indignation for a few more seconds, here is one of my favorite lewis carroll quotes: "speak in french when you can't think of english for a thing - turn out your toes when you walk, and remember who you are!"
"i believe in doing the thing you feel is right. if it looks right, it is right." ~ dorothy draper
listening to the rain (and madeleine peyroux's, careless love). wanting to bottle the smell up, because this means it. is. not. snowing! in honor of the beautiful, funny, and brilliant kat (and her amazing husband dan), we went antique browsing over the weekend. did not come home with any real treasures, but just to be out of the house was good for the soul. then we went and ate our weight in chicken wings! am so excited "dancing with the stars" starts up again tonight, but hating this "spring forward." hello monday!
like the picture above, things are a little out of focus on my end. march is roaring in like a lion! it's snowing. again. we are beginning to feel like phil connors from groundhog day. on top of all that, my husband was sick all weekend. he makes a horrible patient (don't all men?) and i felt like i sucked at taking care of him. i even snuck out saturday night to see alan ball's hilarious play, "five women wearing the same dress." yes, the same alan ball who created six feet under and true blood! i felt a bit conspicuous going by myself, but who could pass up hearing southern accents done by new yorkers! and seeing bridesmaids in the same horrendous dress! it was the perfect night. now, it's back to watching it snow in slow motion. hello march!
