These are my little peeps. I’ve been having fun with Photoshop lately, giving myself a brief respite from writing. Actually, there really has been no respite from writing. I did a good chunk of work on my novel this morning and plan on doing more. I just wanted to do something else creative. I think [...]
Posts Tagged ‘kids’
Fun with Photoshop
Posted in art, family, life, photography, tagged art, camping, kids, life, photography on July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What Holland Feels Like 11 Years Later
Posted in family, life, tagged family, kids, life, special needs on April 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I read Emily Perl Kingsley’s story “Welcome to Holland” again today after my good friend Deb Wuethrich brought it up while talking about the new book Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children With Special Needs. I hadn’t read Kingsley’s story in years, not since my daughter, Kiki, who was born with a rare form [...]
Some thoughts, some announcements and a lazy Sunday morning
Posted in breast cancer, family, life, poetry, writing, tagged art, breast cancer, kids, life, newspaper, poetry, radio, writing on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I hesitated to move to get my computer because my cat, Betty, was so comfortably curled up on my lap as I sat in the recliner, Jay’s recliner, watching my favorite television show, Sunday Morning on CBS. I tried calling my mother, who is probably sleeping, to tell her to watch it because artist Jim [...]
Spring is finally here
Posted in life, writing, tagged kids, life, spring, writing on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m working on a workshop piece while I watch outside my front screen door. My daughter has gotten her bicycle out. She slides onto the seat pulling herself up from the back of the seat. She’s figured out how to get onto the bike that is too big for her. She still has training wheels. [...]
What Hours and Hours of ‘What Not to Wear’ Will Do and Other Stuff
Posted in life, tagged fashion, kids, life, mfa, school on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cristina Fashionista’s new shoes.
Last Friday, I was wearing the single pair of clod-hopper shoes that I’ve worn since their purchase probably a year and a half to two yeares ago. I had a pair of loose cords, some nondescript T-shirt that I’ve probably worn every day this winter. As I worked throughout the weekend on my [...]
Celebrating Ritz-style
Posted in family, life, writing, tagged family, food, kids, mfa, movies, writing on March 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Seared sesame encrusted tuna with shitake mushrooms and wine: This lovely work of art is my dear partner Jay’s creation. It tasted as good as it looks.
There is reason to celebrate as I sit here in my dear partner’s recliner looking out at my snow-covered deck. My Extended Critical Essay has been accepted by the MFA [...]
Working with Rock Lobster and Screaming Kids
Posted in family, tagged family, household stuff, kids, life, mfa, writing on February 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Right now I’m sitting in my sacred space, looking at the little red maple that stands bare-limbed outside the window in my little corner of the house. The street is quiet. The sun is out and some of the snow has melted. It’s finally sort of peaceful in my house.
That’s a far cry from how things went [...]
