cold heat, hot cold
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...
100 ways to consider time
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...
chin up please
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...
wistful magic
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...
catching my breath
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...
hard to pronounce when screaming
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...
red tulip variations
After several days of practice, I was finally able to preserve the delicate variations in watercolor shading that all add up to “red.” (Green was easier, just add strips of yellow and blue.) I...