Spring, some years ago. . . . As I watch my 10-month old daughter pluck a living leaf from the crab apple tree in our front yard. . . as I watch her fondle the now amputated and dying flesh of the tree, I see her open-mouthed face puzzle over this fading tissue, unsure of its use or purpose. She touches it, holds it, concerns herself over its texture, its edges, its softness. She has killed this leaf. At her age, both acutely aware and blindly oblivious to her destructive ...
The whole drive to the farm, it felt like I was going home. This was my forest that I drove through at least six times a week, the neighbours have started seeding despite the lack of rain. I can see my horses from a kilometre away. When I pulled into the driveway it lost all familiarity. I felt a vague curiosity as I pulled up in somebody else's yard, their pet sheep ran up to the fence and their cats came out to investigate the new arrival. A little over a week ago this was all mine, ...
I know I recently stated that I would no longer write about my adoption journey but something happened today that just pissed me off soooooo much that I have to let out my frustration Part of the Dossier paperwork consists of getting a copy of your doctor's license. Don't ask why, all I know is that it is required from the Embassy. Well, I got a copy from my doctor but her license expires in Feb.2010. The problem is that the license must be valid for a year + 4 months from ...
I meant to post this last week but yeah... Anyway, it has come to my attention that I need to have a blog related to library work to act as a sort of 'portfolio' so I can get me a job, and some money , and somewhere to live. Now while I have ideas for the first few entries, what should I call this blog? I want it to be amusing, not already taken and well fitting both me and its purpose. Im kind of leaning towards 920.M For Miscellaneous I like this ...
Nail polish is the only thing in the make-up category that I ever use. But being an ardent multi-tasker and be generally impaitiant and not good at sitting still the one thing I hate about painting my nails is then having to wait for them to dry. Even when I try to do it while I am watching TV, I always feel like I am wasting time that could be used to do something else when I wait for them to dry, and then I never can wait quite long enough and end up smudging the polish and have ...
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