Monthly Archives: August 2008

Striving 21

I’m feeling a bit disjointed this morning. Since buying our first home and moving in this Spring, life has been feeling a bit more settled. I feel rooted. The years stretch ahead and I feel that I can perceive the vague shape of them. The blocky shapes of the buildings where [...]

Shifting Moments 24

I enjoy writing here, and most especially writing words that touch and resonate with my readers. I’m not sure this will, to be honest, but I’m putting it out there anyway. An odd mood seized me the other day and the cathartic power of putting it into words to share seems the best [...]

Bye Bye Baffled Twenties – Hello Translucent Thirties! 31

I like being thirty. So far it’s been nothing but love and laughter and all sorts of other good stuff. Granted, I’m only two days in, but I’m feeling cautiously optimistic.
We went car shopping last night and on the drive there I did my usual sing-songing with the girls. As [...]

Putting it into Words 39

Our weekend trip away was lovely. I’d go so far as to say delightful. There was much walking hand in hand and the mutual appreciation of the beauty of the lakeside town we visited. We talked for hours and I felt myself to be happily drowning in the sharing of thoughts, an [...]