To paraphrase Michaelangelo the sculpture already existed in the marble. He just had to chip away to find it. I was thinking about this a lot when we arrived in Spain last week. To be honest I was in the dumps. Work wasn't going so well. I wasn't sure that it was the right … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2010
A quote from Jenny Offill’s story, “The Tunnel.”
You think you want the blue skies, the open road, but really you want the tunnel, you want to know how the story ends.As we leave for Spain, this quote seems so apt. For any wanderer, really. And writer as well. … [Read more...]
Books for the Road – Melville on Istanbul.
My husband, Larry, and I are packing for Spain. I feel as if I am hardly back from Istanbul and already...about to leave again. One of the really important things to me when I travel is what to read. I always try to find books that somehow connect with the place I'm traveling … [Read more...]
Today Fifth Avenue Street Fair – Brooklyn, That is!
These are just a few reasons why I love living where I do. Spent the day wandering the fair. I had a lot to do, but it was a beautiful day and I managed not to do any of it. Ate roasted corn, a fajita, a watermelon smoothie. Watched children, clowns, men demonstrating a … [Read more...]
Travels with Kate: Motherhood still on my mind
I got so many nice responses to the posting about that day in the field in South Dakota, just before Kate was born, that I couldn't resist posting this other image of a horse. I would have to say this isn't my best moment of mothering, but it has been a kind of family joke … [Read more...]