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...
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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...
exorcism is never easy
Remodeling exposes all the bad vibes, bad decisions, bad materials, bad nailing of the past. Not to mention years of daily wear and tear. Natural processes: settling, house rides on waves of moving earth....
mango de espuma
Home Depot – bewildering. I tag along, trying to be useful. Finding interest in the types of wood trim: cove, shoe, quarter round, screen, rail, half round, full round, stair nose, reducer, stool, sill,...
the collapse
Prior to the collapse? What collapse? What collapsed? Usually refers to the economy. The imminent collapse? the crisis? the meltdown? A fast or slow scenario? This is impermanence. Struggling here to stave off the...
you only come back when you stand up
Driving home from work last night, assuming that I won’t miss this. Listening to dharma on Upaya’s podcast – a talk on true prosperity, no matter to which class you might belong. I really...