thoughts on...Christmas newsletters |
I have finally finished our Christmas newsletter for last year. I know what everyone says about them, how they're impersonal, and boring, and people are just bragging about their kids. But, actually, ...
Posted by Bird {is learning to fly...} on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:24:00 PST |
thoughts on...learning to fly |
I received a message yesterday about just what "learning to fly" means in my case. No, I'm not taking flying lessons, though I would love to get the other million hours it would take to get my pilot's...
Posted by Bird {is learning to fly...} on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:15:00 PST |
thoughts on...poetry |
Just a random thought or two...
Day Two
Morning left me tasted but untested.
You were distant
Life apart.
Linger in the night, take me again to
That forbidden place.
I freeze out here alone
Far away ...
Posted by Bird {is learning to fly...} on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:28:00 PST |
thoughts on...old houses |
so, i'm in the kitchen cooking dinner--yes, i do that occasionally--and there's this loud pop from somewhere. I ask my son what he did (isn't it funny how we automatically assume it's the k...
Posted by Bird {is learning to fly...} on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:00:00 PST |
thoughts on...thoughts |
Happy pics not withstanding, there is a deep darkness in my soul these days. I search and search...for...? That ever elusive passion, maybe.
I have lost 30 pounds this summer and fal...
Posted by Bird {is learning to fly...} on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:06:00 PST |
thoughts on...why i cant feel |
I love that broad category..."life." I think it says too much, but not enough. BB says she couldn't post our pics from Hallowe'en (yes, I insist on keeping the apostrophe to remind us it's...
Posted by Bird {is learning to fly...} on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:17:00 PST |
thoughts on...painting |
Ok, I think it's official. I must be the world's worst house painter. In the five years that we've lived in this house, I've done one bathroom twice, and now the kitchen--but only bel...
Posted by Bird {is learning to fly...} on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:22:00 PST |
thoughts on...Lightning |
Today we ended it all. I took my sweet Lab to the vet for the last time. I brought him home yesterday and watched him mope about the house and not eat and drink till I thought he would exp...
Posted by Bird {is learning to fly...} on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:52:00 PST |
thoughts on...death |
I just learned that my friend Eugene was killed in a motorcycle accident on Saturday in Oklahoma. I've spent the last two hours crying and finally decided maybe if I wrote it out, some of the pa...
Posted by Bird {is learning to fly...} on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:30:00 PST |
Finally home |
Whew. We made it in around nine this morning after driving all night from Albuquerque. What a haul. And what a contrast. From the desert Southwest to the Southeast coast. ...
Posted by Bird {is learning to fly...} on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:56:00 PST |
