Quondam

May 2013
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Liminal moment

A little moment today.

A single moment.

I spent the afternoon and evening at the girls’ school.

A celebration of the end of the school year and of . . . an end.

The girls’ school is being shut down.

Budget cuts.

Maj is headed off to Junior High next year.

Kallan is headed …Liminal moment

    Clovered scent

    I love the smell of clover.

    It smells of honey and grass and sleepiness to me.

    It smells of silent friendship.

    Of the ache of motherhood.

    And blood.

    I picked a few of the round white flowers this afternoon as I walked around the neighborhood . . . breathed deeply of their fragrance.

    Stepped …Clovered scent

    The whole story

    Several nights ago, Kallan announced she had to have a magical hat.

    I hate homework.

    There was an evening of panic and screaming before I finally managed to extract the details . . . Kallan needed to make a hat that was equipped with everything she would need to travel through an imaginary world.  …The whole story

    Time Travel

    Today?  Some time travel.

    I was glancing through some old emails this morning, and I came across this one.  It just so completely took me back to that moment.

    Time travel.

    All the way back to December, 2001.  Kallan is about 6 months old, and Maj is a little more than 2 ½ years …Time Travel

    Changed air

    I linger in bed this morning.

    I love the scent of fresh-laundered sheets, but more?  I love the scent of the one who was just here.  I move over into Mark’s side of the bed to wrap myself up in the memory of him . . . breathe deeply.

    Love that.

    I drift in …Changed air