Last year someone gave me Indigo Girls' new Christmas album. I played it on my computer while I was wrapping presents. This song came on, and that was the end of that. I had never heard it before. It's a cover of an old Melissa Manchester tune. I brought my tree down to … [Read more...]
A Month of Reading – Day One, Wild
December first. I finished "wild" by Cheryl Strayed, and when I closed the book after reading the last line, my children were cavorting about the room, having finally become so saturated with Spongebob Squarepants that they were bored by television. "I'm bored," wailed the … [Read more...]
That Missing Feeling
Kyle snapped this pic of me at the beach at Bradley Point in West Haven Today I discovered that Brandi Carlile has a new album. Her music is alternately exhilarating and devastating, and it's the latter quality that makes me hesitate to download it. To listen to it, even. I … [Read more...]
It Almost Pulls Me Under
I don't know when I noticed life was life at my expense (Blink.) I can't believe these things are all around me, growing quietly and being so beautiful, without me even noticing. My heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage These hydrangeas are from a great big bush … [Read more...]
All I Want Is Nothing To Do
Last night I went to see the Indigo Girls concert in Los Angeles. Besides being the first time I've seen them live without Lisa in a many years, the show was meaningful because it always is to me, since I love their music so much. But it was this song and its great … [Read more...]
