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]]> http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/06/liminal-moment/feed/ 135 http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/05/clovered-scent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clovered-scent http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/05/clovered-scent/#comments Sat, 21 May 2011 03:51:02 +0000 Kris http://www.prettyalltrue.com/?p=3207 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]]> http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/05/clovered-scent/feed/ 90 http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/05/thumbs-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thumbs-up http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/05/thumbs-up/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 02:13:23 +0000 Kris http://www.prettyalltrue.com/?p=3189 For the longest time, I had a wart on my thumb.

Right-hand thumb, just at the joint . . . so that the best way to show someone this wart was to give a thumbs-up sign.

I am not a woman of rampant thumbs-upping, so it was not a big deal.

I did sometimes ...Thumbs-up!]]> http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/05/thumbs-up/feed/ 135 http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/05/eee-ah-eeks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eee-ah-eeks http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/05/eee-ah-eeks/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 03:58:23 +0000 Kris http://www.prettyalltrue.com/?p=3121 A panicked scream from the other end of the house.

Uuunnnnngggg eee-iiinnnnnngg!

The scream is running toward me, so I don’t get up from my chair.

Uuunnnnngggg eee-iiinnnnnngg!

Closer.

Iiiiii uuunnnnngggg eee-iiinnnnnngg!

Stomping down the stairs.

Iiiiii uuunnnnngggg eh eee-iiinnnnnngg!

I have no idea what she is saying, so I turn to ...Eee ah eeks!]]> http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/05/eee-ah-eeks/feed/ 63 http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/05/ka-chunk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ka-chunk http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/05/ka-chunk/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 02:08:31 +0000 Kris http://www.prettyalltrue.com/?p=3109 Maj calls from the other room, “Mother!  You left too soon!  I am still in need of assistance!”

“What?  I thought you finished your homework.”

“There is stapling to be done, and the stapler is causing trouble.”

“Maj, I am not going to come in there and demonstrate how the stapler works.  Figure it ...Ka-chunk]]> http://www.prettyalltrue.com/2011/05/ka-chunk/feed/ 96