The white irises are blooming and I wanted to see if I could get a picture of myself with them. Ted was busy barbecuing so I asked Abigail if she could try. And she did! Even a child can use a digital camera….here’s her Mother’s Day portrait of me.
Entries Tagged as 'motherhood'
Even a child can do it: Mother’s Day portrait
May 10th, 2004 · 1 Comment
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Counting my blessings…and all my mothers
May 10th, 2004 · 1 Comment
I’ve caught a cold and yesterday I was feeling lousy. I felt like a lousy mom. I didn’t have the interactive energy I needed for the girls, and they were bouncing about like popcorn, perhaps in some subconscious effort to get more attention from me, to squeeze from the rock of my sinus-heavy head some […]
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Carry me Mommy
May 9th, 2004 · Comments Off on Carry me Mommy
thoughts to my mom today I think of how you carried me first inside you then outside in a corduroy Snugli strapped to your chest you walked around Boston while my father worked you showed me the sights the cemeteries and churches the past and the present you wanted me to see the world I […]
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The denial of our mammalian nature
May 8th, 2004 · 8 Comments
Richard at Just a Gwai Lo linked to Girl Talk: why I’m tired of the cautionary advice by books… by Meghan O’Rourke. In her book review of Cathi Hanauer’s anthology The Bitch in the House (subtitled 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage) O’Rourke asked Is there any useful guidance […]
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Labor in time: if only it were objective
May 7th, 2004 · Comments Off on Labor in time: if only it were objective
I first noticed Tyler Cowen’s post at Marginal Revolution on subjective time when I was visiting The Binary Circumstance and read Chip Gibbons’ Perception of Time: Think about the times you’re really into doing a painting or writing, really enjoying a movie or under pressure at work to meet a deadline. Time goes by very […]
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