We had two truckloads of mulch delivered yesterday. A huge pile in the driveway blocks the garage. A second pile awaits me at the top of the hill out back. A bolt fell out of our wheelbarrow yesterday; I fear it won’t survive this year’s mulch-spreading. It’s been rickety for two or three years now, … Continue reading Snow on my gardening vacation
Our son graduates from high school tomorrow. A few days after that, we’ll leave for a family vacation to Iceland — our son’s destination choice for his graduation trip. Less than a month after that, I’ll take him to the University of Virginia for orientation. Then dorm furnishings, clothes for school, registration, and mid-August, move-in. … Continue reading Slow then fast
Today is our son’s last day of high school. His car is in the shop so we’re down a car, our daughter has an AP exam and swim practice that we need to get her to, and then she wants to go to Target afterward, and he has a haircut after school. A new mint … Continue reading Hectic
I felt… weird yesterday. I am continually in awe of biology: that a diminutive acorn turns into a stately oak tree, that spiders make silk in their bodies and spin webs to catch their food, that we exist. I am in awe that I helped make and grow a person. On our son’s birthday — … Continue reading Our firstborn turned 18 yesterday
Last night, as I was making a cup of chamomile tea after dinner, our daughter came into the kitchen with bright eyes and her cheeks rounded in an eager, excited smile. She was poised to ask a question, and I could tell by the way she arranged her face and kept pausing before she asked … Continue reading I may have done something dumb
This afternoon, I’ll take our daughter out so she can practice driving. She wants to drive the route from our house to the pool when there’s no traffic. This will prepare her to start driving the route the six times a week we currently take her, usually in rush hour, such as rush hour is … Continue reading Parenting is weird
Butterfly Mind 